The project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial to improve palliative care for rural patients with advanced cancer: Baseline findings, methodological challenges, and solutions

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-86

  Bakitas, Marie ^a,b   Lyons, Kathleen Doyle ^c   Hegel, Mark T ^c   Balan, Stefan ^d   Barnett, Kathleen N ^c   BrokawF C , Frances C ^a,c   Byock, Ira R ^a   Hull, Jay G ^e   Li, Zhongze ^e   McKinstry, Elizabeth ^c   Seville, Janette I ^c   Ahles, Tim A ^f  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Cancer; Intervention Study; Methodological Issues; Palliative Care; Randomized Controlled Trial; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 67749139658     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509000108     Document Type: Article

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