Barriers to palliative care research for emergency department patients with advanced cancer

Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 158-162

  Grudzen, Corita R ^a,b   Richardson, Lynne D ^a   Kandarian, Brandon ^a   Ortiz, Joanna ^a   Copeli, Nick ^a   Sean Morrison, R ^b,c  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY REFUSAL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; METASTASIS; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN REFUSAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOLID TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84988470729     PISSN: 23307749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12788/jcso.0040     Document Type: Article

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