Effect of integrated palliative care on the quality of end-of-life care: Retrospective analysis of 521 cancer patients

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-247

  Colombet, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Montheil, Vincent ^c   Durand, Jean Philippe ^c   Gillaizeau, Florence ^a,b   Niarra, Ralph ^b   Jaeger, Cécile ^c   Alexandre, Jérôme ^a,c   Goldwasser, François ^a,c   Vinant, Pascale ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Palliative Medicine Cochin Teaching Hospital AP HP ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84905377379     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000157     Document Type: Article

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