Home care for cancer patients after an earthquake: The experience of the "l'Aquila per la Vita" home care unit

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages e1-

  Porzio, Giampiero ^a   Aielli, Federica ^a   Verna, Lucilla ^a   Aloisi, Paolo ^a   Guadalupi, Francesco ^b   Cannita, Katia ^c   Ricevuto, Enrico ^c   Ficorella, Corrado ^c  

^a L'Aquila per la Vita Home Care Unit   (Italy)

^b Italian Navy   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; TRAINING;

EID: 80051997872     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.06.004     Document Type: Letter

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