Best supportive care: A euphemism for no care or a standard of good care?

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-357

  Cherny, Nathan ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BEST SUPPORTIVE CARE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 79956211481     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2011.03.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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