Early specialty palliative care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1075-

  Battley, Jodie E ^a   Connell, Louise C ^a   O'Reilly, Seamus ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84896767363     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1400243     Document Type: Letter

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