Palliative care for patients with gastrointestinal cancer dying under surgical care: A case for acute palliative care units?

Surgeon

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 72-75

  Young, J A ^a   Waugh, L ^b   McPhillips, G ^b   Levack, P ^a   Thompson, A M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Cancer; Mortality; Palliative care; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SCOTLAND; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84875238188     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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