End-of-Life care and circumstances of death in patients dying as a result of cancer in Belgium and The Netherlands: A retrospective comparative study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 4327-4334

  Meeussen, Koen ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Echteld, Michael A ^c   Boffin, Nicole ^b   Bilsen, Johan ^a   Van Casteren, Viviane ^b   Abarshi, Ebun ^c   Donker, Gé ^d   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje ^c   Deliens, Luc ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BELGIUM; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 81155149459     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.34.9498     Document Type: Article

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