Quality of end-of-life care for patients with advanced cancer in an academic medical center

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 451-457

  Dy, Sydney Morss ^a   Asch, Steven M ^b   Lorenz, Karl A ^b   Weeks, Kristina ^c   Sharma, Rashmi K ^d   Wolff, Antonio C ^a   Malin, Jennifer L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLID TUMOR; TERMINAL CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953847286     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0434     Document Type: Article

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