Training general practitioners in early identification and anticipatory palliative care planning: A randomized controlled trial Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Thoonsen, Bregje ^a   Vissers, Kris ^a   Verhagen, S ^a   Prins, J ^a   Bor, H ^a   Van Weel, C ^a,b   Groot, M ^a   Engels, Y ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84942500731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0342-6     Document Type: Article

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