Health care providers' assessments of the quality of advanced-cancer care in latin american medical institutions: A comparison of predictors in five countries: Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, and Peru

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-20

  Torres Vigil, Isabel ^a,f   Aday, Lu Ann ^b   Reyes Gibby, Cielito ^c   De Lima, Liliana ^d,e   Herrera, Angelica P ^g   Mendoza, Tito ^c   Cleeland, Charles S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Based   (United States)

^e Latin American Association for Palliative Care Based   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Disparities; Latin America; Opioids; Pain; Palliative care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CUBA; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEXICO; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE; ONCOLOGY WARD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PERU; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TERMINAL CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ARGENTINA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAZIL; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CUBA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; NEOPLASMS; NURSING AUDIT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERU; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 60549086020     PISSN: 15360288     EISSN: 15360539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15360280801989195     Document Type: Article

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