Barriers to optimal palliative care of lung transplant candidates

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Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 736-743

  Colman, Rebecca E ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^c   Nelson, Judith E ^d   Efferen, Linda ^f   Hadjiliadis, Denis ^g   Levine, Deborah J ^h   Meyer, Keith C ⁱ   Padilla, Maria ^e   Strek, Mary ^k   Varkey, Basil ^j   Singer, Lianne G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; E-MAIL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SURGEON; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84874995680     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-0830     Document Type: Article

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