Early identification of and proactive palliative care for patients in general practice, incentive and methods of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Thoonsen, Bregje ^a   Groot, Marieke ^a   Engels, Yvonne ^a   Prins, Judith ^a   Verhagen, Stans ^a   Galesloot, Cilia ^b   Van Weel, Chris ^a   Vissers, Kris ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Oost   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TIME;

CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINALLY ILL; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 82655166213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-123     Document Type: Article

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