What do oncologists say about chemotherapy at the very end of life? Results from a semiqualitative survey

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 831-835

  Behl, Deepti ^a   Jatoi, Aminah ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ONCOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REIMBURSEMENT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77954931175     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0414     Document Type: Article

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