Step by step development of clinical care pathways for older cancer patients: Necessary or desirable?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2170-2178

  de Vries, Maruscha ^a   van Weert, Julia C M ^b   Jansen, Jesse ^c   Lemmens, Valery E P P ^a,d   Maas, Huub A A M ^a,e  

^a The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical care pathways; Communication; Geriatrics; Multidisciplinary

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MOOD DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 35148853253     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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