Attitudes and beliefs toward supportive and palliative care referral among hematologic and solid tumor oncology specialists

Oncologist

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1326-1332

  Hui, David ^a   Park, Minjeong ^a   Liu, Diane ^a   Reddy, Akhila ^a   Dalal, Shalini ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Hematology; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Referral; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84946605579     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0240     Document Type: Article

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