Integrating technology into palliative care research

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 525-532

  Kamal, Arif H ^a   Swetz, Keith M ^b   Dy, Sydney ^c   Tien, Allen Y ^d   Temel, Jennifer S ^e   Abernethy, Amy P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Medical Decision Logic Inc   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Research; Technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84871230700     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32835998c6     Document Type: Review

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