End-of-life cancer care in Ontario and the United States: Quality by accident or quality by design?

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 840-841

  Goodman, David ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STUDY DESIGN; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958840759     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djr161     Document Type: Editorial

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