Home palliative care and end of life issues in glioblastoma multiforme: Results and comments from a homogeneous cohort of patients

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Pompili, Alfredo ^a   Telera, Stefano ^a   Villani, Veronica ^a   Pace, Andrea ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; End of life; Glioblastoma multiforme; Home care; Malignant glioma; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84916930888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.9.FOCUS14493     Document Type: Article

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