Early specialty palliative care - Translating data in oncology into practice

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2347-2351

  Parikh, Ravi B ^a   Kirch, Rebecca A ^c   Smith, Thomas J ^d   Temel, Jennifer S ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSULTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; EARLY INTERVENTION; EARLY SPECIALTY PALLIATIVE CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 84889853073     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb1305469     Document Type: Article

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