Factors determining the place of palliative care and death of cancer patients
β Scribed by B. Van den Eynden; I. Hermann; D. Schrijvers; P. Van Royen; R. Maes; L. Vermeulen; W. Smits; A. Verhoeven; R. Clara; J. Denekens
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 51 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
## Goals of work: This study examined cancer patient and family member preferences-and the reasons for the preferences-regarding place of terminal care and of death. ## Patients and methods: We constructed a questionnaire that included demographic, clinical, and support network data for 371 patie
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Although physicians state that patients ideally should receive hospice care for 3 months before death, the majority of patients survive < 1 month in hospice care. In the current study, the authors attempted to determine whether the attributes of referring physicians were