Effect of palliative care services on the aggressiveness of end-of-life care in the veteran's affairs cancer population

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1231-1235

  Gonsalves, Wilson I ^a   Tashi, Tsewang ^a   Krishnamurthy, Jairam ^a   Davies, Tracy ^a   Ortman, Stephanie ^a   Thota, Ramya ^a   Aldoss, Ibrahim ^a   Ganta, Ashwin ^a   Kalaiah, Mudappa ^a   Didwaniya, Neha ^a   Eberle, Catherine ^a   Ganti, Apar K ^a   Silberstein, Peter T ^a   Subbiah, Shanmuga ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; NEBRASKA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755125203     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0131     Document Type: Review

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