Quality of end-of-life treatment for cancer patients in general wards and the palliative care unit at a regional cancer center in Japan: A retrospective chart review

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-122

  Sato, Kazuki ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   Sanjo, Makiko ^a   Shima, Yasuo ^c   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decision making; Japan; Neoplasm; Palliative care; Quality of health care; Retrospective study; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 38349141853     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0332-x     Document Type: Article

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