Pattern of palliative care, pain management and referral trends in patients receiving radiotherapy at a tertiary cancer center

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-154

  Sharma, Kuldeep ^a   Mohanti, Bidhu K ^a   Rath, Gaura K ^a   Bhatnagar, Sushma ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Palliative care; Palliative radiotherapy; Referral pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849091880     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.58462     Document Type: Article

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