Telephone consultation in palliative care for cancer patients: 5 Years of experience in the Netherlands

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 577-582

  Teunissen, S C C M ^a   Verhagen, E H ^b   Brink, M ^b   Van Der Linden, B A ^c   Voest, E E ^a   De Graeff, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Registration and Research   (Netherlands)

^c ZonMw The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consultation; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; DELIRIUM; DYSPNEA; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SYMPTOM; TELECONSULTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 34447127026     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0202-y     Document Type: Article

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