Is early integration of palliative care feasible and acceptable for advanced respiratory and gastrointestinal cancer patients? A phase 2 mixed-methods study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 46-58

  Costantini, Massimo ^a   Apolone, Giovanni ^b   Tanzi, Silvia ^a   Falco, Francesco ^a   Rondini, Ermanno ^a   Guberti, Monica ^a   Fanello, Silvia ^a   Cavuto, Silvio ^a   Savoldi, Luisa ^a   Piro, Roberto ^a   Mecugni, Daniela ^c   Di Leo, Silvia ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; palliative care; phase 2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; STRENGTH; WEAKNESS; AGED; EARLY INTERVENTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85042079568     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216317731571     Document Type: Article

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