Administrators' perspectives on end-of-life care for cancer patients in Japanese long-term care facilities

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1247-1254

  Fukahori, Hiroki ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^b   Morita, Tatsuya ^c   Ichikawa, Takayuki ^b   Akizuki, Nobuya ^d   Akiyama, Miki ^e   Shirahige, Yutaka ^f   Eguchi, Kenji ^g  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Shirahige Clinic   (Japan)

^g TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Administrators; Cancer care; Long term care facilities; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 70349308357     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0665-8     Document Type: Article

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