Disseminating end-of-life education to cancer centers: Overview of program and of evaluation

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 140-148

  Grant, Marcia ^a   Hanson, Jo ^a   Mullan, Patricia ^b   Spolum, Maren ^a   Ferrell, Betty ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 35348842801     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03174326     Document Type: Article

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