Goals of Care and End-of-Life Decision Making for Hospitalized Patients at a Canadian Tertiary Care Cancer Center

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 871-881

  Hui, David ^a   Con, Andrea ^b   Christie, Glenda ^b   Hawley, Philippa Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; cancer treatments; end of life; goals of care; investigations; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANADA; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; GOALS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71249129293     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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