Caught in the middle: Tensions around the emergency department care of people with advanced cancer

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-160

  Jelinek, George A ^a,b   Marck, Claudia H ^a   Weiland, Tracey J ^a,b   Philip, Jennifer ^a,b   Boughey, Mark ^a,b   Weil, Jennifer ^a   Lane, Heather ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; ED; Oncology; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CROWDING; DYING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELECONSULTATION;

EID: 84876114377     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12047     Document Type: Article

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