The oncology palliative care clinic at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre: an early intervention model for patients with advanced cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1073-1080

  Hannon, Breffni ^a,c   Swami, Nadia ^c   Pope, Ashley ^c   Rodin, Gary ^b,c   Dougherty, Elizabeth ^c   Mak, Ernie ^a,c   Banerjee, Subrata ^a,c   Bryson, John ^a,c   Ridley, Julia ^a,c   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Early intervention; Outpatient clinic; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CONSULTATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CANADA; NEOPLASMS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84930512236     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2460-4     Document Type: Article

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