Palliative Care Training in Surgical Oncology and Hepatobiliary Fellowships: A National Survey of the Fellows

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1761-1767

  Amini, Albert ^a   Miura, John T ^a   Larrieux, Greg ^a   Tsai, Susan ^a   Turaga, Kiran K ^a   Christians, Kathleen K ^a   Brasel, Karen J ^a   Clark Gamblin, T ^a   Weissman, David E ^a   Nattinger, Ann B ^a   Johnston, Fabian M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84939964878     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-4226-0     Document Type: Article

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