Palliative care consultation service and palliative care unit: Why do we need both?

Oncologist

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 428-435

  Gaertner, Jan ^a,b,c   Frechen, Sebastian ^a   Sladek, Markus ^a   Ostgathe, Christoph ^d   Voltz, Raymond ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Palliative Care ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health planning guidelines; Institutionalization; Organization and administration; Palliative care; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE CONSULTATION SERVICE; PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84859390590     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0326     Document Type: Article

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