Integrating palliative care into oncology: A way forward

Cancer Control

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 386-395

  Ramchandran, Kavitha ^b   Tribett, Erika ^c   Dietrich, Brian ^c   Von Roenn, Jamie ^a  

^a AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY SATISFACTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SATISFACTION; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84951826719     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327481502200404     Document Type: Article

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