Clinical priorities, barriers and solutions in end-of-life cancer care research across Europe. Report from a workshop

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1815-1822

  Sigurdardottir, Katrin Ruth ^a,b,c   Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg ^a,c   Rijt, Carin C D van der ^d   Sjøgren, Per ^e   Harding, Richard ^f   Higginson, Irene J ^f   Kaasa, Stein ^a,g  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Haraldsplass Deaconal Hospital   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consensus workshop; Europe; Health services needs; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Research; Survey; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RESEARCH; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS; DELIRIUM; DYSPNEA; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FORECASTING; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

EUROPE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77953285378     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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