Palliative care in advanced cancer patients: How and when?

Oncologist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-273

  Bruera, Eduardo ^a   Yennurajalingam, Sriram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Early palliative care efficacy of palliative care symptom control cost of care quality care supportive care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HALOPERIDOL; METHADONE; METHYLPHENIDATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME SAFETY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84857406089     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0219     Document Type: Article

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