Coordination of end-of-life care for patients with lung cancer and those with advanced COPD: A letter of response

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Crawford, Emma Jane ^a   Moudgil, Harmesh ^a   Srinivasan, Koottalai ^a   Naicker, Thirumalairengarajan ^a   Ahmad, Nawaid ^a  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISABILITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; FEMALE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84905453383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2014.30     Document Type: Letter

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