Integrated palliative care in Europe: A qualitative systematic literature review of empirically-tested models in cancer and chronic disease

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Siouta, Naouma ^a   Van Beek, K ^a   Van Der Eerden, M E ^b   Preston, N ^c   Hasselaar, J G ^b   Hughes, S ^c   Garralda, E ^d   Centeno, C ^d   Csikos, A ^e   Groot, M ^b   Radbruch, L ^f   Payne, S ^c   Menten, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Delivery of health care; Integrated; Medical oncology; Palliative care; Review; Systematic

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 84979696900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-016-0130-7     Document Type: Review

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