Palliative care in urban areas of China

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Li, Xing ^a   Xing, Yan Fang ^b   Chen, Zhan Hong ^a   Dong, Min ^a   Wu, Xiang Yuan ^a  

^a THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHINA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LETTER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84880783999     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70290-0     Document Type: Letter

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