Referral criteria for outpatient specialty palliative cancer care: an international consensus

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2016, Pages e552-e559

  Hui, David ^a   Mori, Masanori ^b   Watanabe, Sharon M ^c   Caraceni, Augusto ^d   Strasser, Florian ^e   Saarto, Tiina ^f   Cherny, Nathan ^g   Glare, Paul ^h   Kaasa, Stein ^i,j   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

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

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^j OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEATH; DELIRIUM; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; NORTH AMERICA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT PLANNING; CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 85003707672     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30577-0     Document Type: Review

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