Futile medication use in terminally ill cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 745-748

  Riechelmann, Rachel P ^a   Krzyzanowska, Monika K ^b   Zimmermann, Camilla ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Drug therapy; Medical futility

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LAXATIVE; MULTIVITAMIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349253474     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0541-y     Document Type: Article

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