Improving the quality of cancer care in an aging population: Recommendations from an IOM report

JAMA

Volumn 310, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1795-1796

  Hurria, Arti ^a   Naylor, Mary ^b   Cohen, Harvey Jay ^c  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887048844     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.280416     Document Type: Short Survey

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