The current status and issues regarding hospital-based specialized palliative care service in Japanese regional cancer centers: A nationwide questionnaire survey

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 432-441

  Nakazawa, Yoko ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^b   Morita, Tatsuya ^c   Misawa, Tomoyo ^d   Tsuneto, Satoru ^e   Shima, Yasuo ^f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consultation; Japan; National survey; Palliative care; Regional cancer center

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; PALLITICE CARE CONSULTATION TEAM; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84860452196     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hys022     Document Type: Article

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