Supportive versus Palliative care: What's in a name?

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2013-2021

  Fadul, Nada ^a,b   Elsayem, Ahmed ^b   Palmer, J Lynn ^b   Fabbro, Egidio Del ^b   Swint, Kay ^b   Li, Zhijun ^b   Poulter, Valerie ^b   Bruera, Eduardo ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Palliative care; Patient referral; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER CENTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; NURSE; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEX; SUPPORTIVE CARE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 65649141623     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24206     Document Type: Article

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