Palliative care and oncology partnerships in real practice

Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Alesi, Erin R ^a   Fletcher, Devon ^a   Muir, Cameron ^b   Beveridge, Roy ^c   Smith, Thomas J ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Capital Caring   (United States)

^c Developmental Therapeutics Committee and Co Chair of the Genitourinary Committee   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARTNERSHIP PRACTICE;

EID: 84855581471     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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