Home care for advanced cancer: Results and challenges

Archive of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 79-83

  Pannuti, Franco ^a   Pannuti, Francesco ^a   Tanneberger, Stephan ^a  

^a Della Solidarita e del Volontariato Bologna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Home care services; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DAY HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 79951836065     PISSN: 03547310     EISSN: 14509520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/AOO1003079P     Document Type: Article

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