Emergency department-initiated palliative care in advanced cancer a randomized clinical trial

JAMA Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 591-598

  Grudzen, Corita R ^a   Richardson, Lynne D ^b   Johnson, Pauline N ^a   Hu, Ming ^a   Wang, Binhuan ^a   Ortiz, Joanna M ^a   Kistler, Emmett A ^b   Chen, Angela ^c   Morrison, R Sean ^b,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85010911818     PISSN: 23742437     EISSN: 23742445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.5252     Document Type: Article

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