Quantity, design, and scope of the palliative oncology literature

Oncologist

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 694-703

  Hui, David ^a   Parsons, Henrique A ^a   Damani, Shamsha ^a   Fulton, Stephanie ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Evans, Avery ^a   de la Cruz, Maxine ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Literature; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Research design

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956261630     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0397     Document Type: Review

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