Impact of timing and setting of palliative care referral on quality of end-of-life care in cancer patients

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1743-1749

  Hui, David ^a   Kim, Sun Hyun ^a,b   Roquemore, Joyce ^a   Dev, Rony ^a   Chisholm, Gary ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

chemotherapeutic agents; inpatients; neoplasms; outpatients; palliative care; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901380381     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28628     Document Type: Article

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