Study using the NCCN guidelines for palliative care to screen patients for palliative care needs and referral to palliative care specialists

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1087-1096

  Glare, Paul ^a   Plakovic, Kathy ^a   Schloms, Anna ^b   Egan, Barbara ^a   Epstein, Andrew S ^a   Kelsen, David ^a   Saltz, Leonard ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Nursing ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84885115138     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2013.0130     Document Type: Article

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