Palliative care referrals after lung transplantation in major transplant centers in the United States

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1288-1292

  Song, Mi Kyung ^a   De Vito Dabbs, Annette ^b   Studer, Sean M ^c   Arnold, Robert M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic rejection; Lung transplantation; Palliative care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650472371     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819cec62     Document Type: Article

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