Changes in the quantity and level of evidence of palliative and hospice care literature: The last century

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 5679-5683

  Tieman, Jennifer ^a   Sladek, Ruth ^a   Currow, David ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPICE CARE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57449115139     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.6230     Document Type: Article

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