Thinking and talking about life expectancy in incurable cancer

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 380-385

  Kiely, Belinda E ^a   Stockler, Martin R ^a,b,c   Tattersall, Martin H N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79956200977     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2011.03.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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