The national tumor association foundation (ANT): A 30 year old model of home palliative care

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Casadio, Marina ^a,b   Abernethy, Amy ^c   Bonazzi, Valeria ^a   Pannuti, Raffaella ^a   Pannuti, Franco ^a   Biasco, Guido ^b  

^a National Tumor Association   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953125680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-9-12     Document Type: Article

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