"Early palliative care: How?" from a conference report to a consensus document, Bentivoglio, May 14, 2012

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 466-470

  Biasco, Guido ^a   Tanzi, Silvia ^a,b,c   Bruera, Eduardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; ITALY; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84877844144     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0603     Document Type: Letter

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