Quality of supportive care for patients with advanced cancer in a VA medical center

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 573-577

  Malin, Jennifer L ^a   O'Neill, Sean M ^b   Asch, Steven M ^a   Dy, Sydney M ^c   Walling, Anne M ^d   Tisnado, Diana ^d   Antonio, Anna Liza ^d   Lorenz, Karl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79957467399     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0464     Document Type: Article

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