Barriers to hospice enrollment among lung cancer patients: A survey of family members and physicians

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-362

  Ford, Dee W ^a   Nietert, Paul J ^b   Zapka, Jane ^b   Zoller, James S ^c   Silvestri, Gerard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Hospice; Lung cancer; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANCER CENTER; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH CAROLINA; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 56349160214     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951508000564     Document Type: Article

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