Coordination of palliative cancer care in the community: "unfinished business"

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 819-828

  Brazil, Kevin ^a   Bainbridge, Daryl ^b   Sussman, Jonathan ^a   Whelan, Tim ^a   O'Brien, Mary Ann ^c   Pyette, Nancy ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Community; Palliative cancer care; Service coordination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNITY CARE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 67349154440     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0582-x     Document Type: Article

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