Unmet quality indicators for metastatic cancer patients admitted to intensive care unit in the last two weeks of life

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1285-1289

  Blechman, Jennifer A ^a   Rizk, Norman ^a   Stevens, Marguerite M ^b   Periyakoil, Vyjeyanthi S ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84885735143     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0257     Document Type: Article

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