Improving palliative and supportive care in cancer patients

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1365-1376

  Khatcheressian, James ^a   Cassel, J Brian ^b   Lyckholm, Laurie ^c   Coyne, Patrick ^d   Hagenmueller, Alice ^e   Smith, Thomas J ^f  

^a Division of Oncology and Palliative Care

^b Financial Analyst Massey Cancer Center

^c Massey Cancer Center

^d Thomas Palliative Care Unit

^e Dalton Oncology Clinic

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSPNEA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 32944473359     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: 08909091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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