End-of-life care at a community cancer center

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Cowall, David E ^a   Yu, Bennett W ^a   Heineken, Sandra L ^a   Lewis, Elizabeth N ^a   Chaudhry, Vishal ^a   Daugherty, Joan M ^a  

^a Peninsula Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84870267077     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2011.000451     Document Type: Article

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