Referral criteria for outpatient palliative cancer care: A systematic review

Oncologist

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 895-901

  Hui, David ^a   Meng, Yee Choon ^a,b   Bruera, Sebastian ^a   Geng, Yimin ^a   Hutchins, Ron ^a   Mori, Masanori ^c   Strasser, Florian ^d   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

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

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Access; Health systems; Neoplasms; Outpatients; Palliative care; Referral; Standards

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ANDERSON SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84978525607     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0006     Document Type: Review

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