Impact of early palliative care on caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: Cluster randomised trial

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 163-168

  McDonald, J ^a,b   Swami, N ^a   Hannon, B ^a,b   Lo, C ^a,c   Pope, A ^a   Oza, A ^b,d   Leighl, N ^b,d   Krzyzanowska, M K ^b,d   Rodin, G ^a,c,d   Le, L W ^a   Zimmermann, C ^a,b,c,d  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Caregivers; Palliative care; Quality of life; Randomised controlled trial; Satisfaction with care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85015763565     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw438     Document Type: Article

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