Attitudes, beliefs, and awareness of graduate medical education trainees regarding palliative care at a comprehensive cancer center

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e127-e137

  Wong, Angelique ^a   Reddy, Akhila ^a   Williams, Janet L ^a   Wu, Jimin ^a   Liu, Diane ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTATION; STUDENT; SURGERY; SYMPTOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; ONCOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84958253951     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2015.006619     Document Type: Article

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