Attitudes of oncologists towards palliative care and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) at an Ontario cancer center in Canada

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 769-778

  Chasen, Martin ^a,b,c,d   Bhargava, Ravi ^a,c   Dalzell, Catherine ^c   Pereira, José Luis ^a,b,c,d  

^a University of Ottawa   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; ESAS; Symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; ONCOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; AGE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANPOWER; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84922173472     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2411-0     Document Type: Article

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