Palliative care for patients with hematological malignancies - A case series

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 613-615

  Alt Epping, Bernd ^a   Wulf, Gerald ^a   Nauck, Friedemann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956104213     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-010-1057-3     Document Type: Letter

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