Impact of combined hospice care on terminal cancer patients

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 683-687

  Loke, Song Seng ^a   Rau, Kung Ming ^a   Huang, Chih Fang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; COMBINED HOSPICE CARE; CONSTIPATION; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958237175     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0331     Document Type: Article

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