Public awareness, knowledge of availability, and readiness for cancer palliative care services: A population-based survey across four regions in Japan

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 918-922

  Hirai, Kei ^a   Kudo, Tadashi ^a   Akiyama, Miki ^b   Matoba, Motohiro ^c   Shiozaki, Mariko ^d   Yamaki, Teruko ^a   Yamagishi, Akemi ^e   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^f   Morita, Tatsuya ^g   Eguchi, Kenji ^h  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Cancer Hospital   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g Seirei Mikatahara Hospital   (Japan)

^h TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79961224421     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0529     Document Type: Article

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