Awareness of general practitioners concerning cancer patients' preferences for place of death: Evidence from four European countries

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1967-1974

  Ko, Winne ^a   Beccaro, Monica ^a   Miccinesi, Guido ^b   Van Casteren, Viviane ^c   Donker, Gé A ^d   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje ^e   Miralles Espí, María Teresa ^f   Deliens, Luc ^e,g   Costantini, Massimo ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ISPO   (Italy)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Dirección Gral de Investigación y Salud Publica   (Spain)

^g VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer patients; General Practitioners; Palliative care; Place of death; Preference met; Sentinel network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BELGIUM; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876694791     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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