Education and referral criteria: Impact on oncology referrals to palliative care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 786-789

  Reville, Barbara ^a   Reifsnyder, JoAnne ^b   Mcguire, Deborah B ^c   Kaiser, Karen ^d   Santana, Abbie J ^e  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Genesis HealthCare LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COLON CANCER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; STAFF TRAINING; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84880483437     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0487     Document Type: Article

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