Oncologists' perspectives on concurrent palliative care in a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 415-423

  Bakitas, Marie ^a,b   Lyons, Kathleen Doyle ^c   Hegel, Mark T ^c   Ahles, Tim ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent oncology palliative care; Healthcare delivery; Oncologist; Oncology nurse practitioner; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885571104     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951512000673     Document Type: Article

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