Impact of oncologists’ attitudes toward end-of-life care on patients’ access to palliative care

Oncologist

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1149-1155

  Hui, David ^a   Cerana, Maria Agustina ^a   Park, Minjeong ^a   Hess, Kenneth ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Access; Attitude; End of life care; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; END OF LIFE SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLID TUMOR; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84988035831     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0090     Document Type: Article

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