A Guide to Inpatient Cancer Rehabilitation: Focusing on Patient Selection and Evidence-Based Outcomes

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Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2017, Pages S324-S334

  Fu, Jack B ^a   Raj, Vishwa S ^b   Guo, Ying ^a  

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

^b Carolinas Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REHABILITATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; ADULT; AGED; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85029912348     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.04.017     Document Type: Review

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