Palliative Care in Japan: Shifting from the Stage of Disease to the Intensity of Suffering

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Morita, Tatsuya ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^b   Tsuneto, Satoru ^c   Shima, Yasuo ^d  

^a Seirei Hospice ^*  (Japan)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; TERMINAL CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 57049099127     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.06.004     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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3. Morita T., Akechi T., Ikenaga M., et al. Late referrals to specialized palliative care service in Japan. J Clin Oncol 23 (2005) 2637-2644
4. Yamagishi A., Morita T., Miyashita M., et al. Palliative care in Japan: current status and a national-wide challenge to improve palliative care by the Cancer Control Act and the Outreach Palliative Care Trial of Integrated Regional Model (OPTIM) study. Am J Hosp Palliat Care (2008 Jul 3) [Epub ahead of print]