Neuro-oncology and palliative care: A challenging interface

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Esther ^a   Rosenthal, Mark A ^a   Le, Brian H ^a   Eastman, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

glioblastoma; hospice; palliative care

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EARLY INTERVENTION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84868029117     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nos209     Document Type: Article

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