Early palliative care and its role in oncology: A qualitative study

Oncologist

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1387-1395

  Hannon, Breffni ^a,c   Swami, Nadia ^c   Pope, Ashley ^c   Leighl, Natasha ^a,c   Rodin, Gary ^b,c,d   Krzyzanowska, Monika ^a,c   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY WARD; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84995495401     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0176     Document Type: Article

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