Surgical Palliative Care: Recent Trends and Developments

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-292

  Dunn, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Palliative care; Palliative surgery; Surgical palliative care; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; OVARY CARCINOMA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79952665424     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2011.01.002     Document Type: Review

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