A common theme among ethical issues in oncology: The need to individualize advanced cancer care

ONCOLOGY (United States)

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Peppercorn, Jeffrey ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FAMILY CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84874582441     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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