Palliative care for head and neck cancer patients in general practice

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 975-980

  Ledeboer, Quirine C P ^a   Van Der Velden, Lilly Ann ^a   De Boer, Maarten F ^a   Feenstra, Louw ^a   Pruyn, Jean F A ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Health and Environmental Issues/IGO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practitioner; Head and neck neoplasms; Palliation palliative care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 35648991676     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480600606764     Document Type: Article

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