Ageism in cancer care

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lawler, Mark ^a   Selby, Peter ^b   Aapro, Matti S ^c   Duffy, Sean ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Multidisciplinary Oncology Institute   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGEISM; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84895531207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g1614     Document Type: Editorial

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