What are physicians' reasons for not referring people with life-limiting illnesses to specialist palliative care services? A nationwide survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Beernaert, Kim ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,b   Pardon, Koen ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Devroey, Dirk ^a   Chambaere, Kenneth ^a   Cohen, Joachim ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944718726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137251     Document Type: Article

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