Palliative cancer care: An epidemiologic study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 646-650

  Becker, Gerhild ^a   Hatami, Isaak ^a   Xander, Carola ^a   Dworschak Flach, Bettina ^a   Olschewski, Manfred ^a   Momm, Felix ^a   Deibert, Peter ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Blum, Hubert E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 79952124968     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.29.2599     Document Type: Article

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