Defining the elements of early palliative care that are associated with patient-reported outcomes and the delivery of end-of-life care

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1096-1102

  Hoerger, Michael ^a   Greer, Joseph A ^b   Jackson, Vicki A ^b   Park, Elyse R ^b   Pirl, William F ^c   El Jawahri, Areej ^b   Gallagher, Emily R ^b   Hagan, Teresa ^d   Jacobsen, Juliet ^b   Perry, Laura M ^a   Temel, Jennifer S ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCED CANCER; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY GENERAL; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85045063693     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2017.75.6676     Document Type: Article

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