Ideal care and the realities of practice: Interdisciplinary relationships in the management of advanced cancer patients in Australian emergency departments

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1029-1035

  Lane, H ^a   Weil, J ^a   Jelinek, G A ^a   Boughey, M ^a   Marck, C H ^a   Weiland, T J ^a   Haydon, A ^b   Philip, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Emergency department; Interdisciplinary relationships; Palliatiave care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY RELATIONSHIP; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REALITY THERAPY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84895891371     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-2054-6     Document Type: Article

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