Referrals of cancer versus noncancer patients to a palliative care consult team: Do they differ?

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-99

  Cantin, Boris ^a   Rothuisen, Laura E ^a   Buclin, Thierry ^a   Pereira, José ^b   Mazzocato, Claudia ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Consult service; Consult team; Non cancer; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650763165     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970902500203     Document Type: Article

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