Looking back from death: The value of retrospective studies of end-of-life care

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 838-840

  Earle, Craig C ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TERMINAL CARE; DEATH; FEMALE; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33644892499     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.9388     Document Type: Editorial

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