Standards for Palliative Care Programs, Interventions, and Outcomes: Not Quite There Yet

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 95-96

  Bruera, Eduardo ^a   Hui, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG CANCER; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960140547     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: 1879596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suponc.2011.03.002     Document Type: Note

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