Multiple evaluation of a hospital-based palliative care consultation team in a university hospital: Activities, patient outcome, and referring staff's view

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-57

  Sasahara, Tomoyo ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^b   Umeda, Megumi ^c   Higuchi, Hitomi ^d   Shinoda, Junko ^d   Kawa, Masako ^e   Kazuma, Keiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Office Umeda   (Japan)

^d SHOWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Palliative Care Support Group (In Kawa Office)   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consultation; Evaluation; Palliative care; Palliative care consultation team; University hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952421903     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509990708     Document Type: Article

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