Effect of palliative care services on the aggressiveness of end-of-life care in the Veteran's Affairs cancer population

Cancer care near the end of life (EOL) has become more aggressive over the years. Palliative care services (PCS) may decrease this aggressive cancer care in terminally ill cancer patients. Our objective was to observe the aggressiveness of cancer care near the EOL among Veterans Affairs cancer patie...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of palliative medicine 2011-11, Vol.14 (11), p.1231-1235
Hauptverfasser:	Gonsalves, Wilson I, Tashi, Tsewang, Krishnamurthy, Jairam, Davies, Tracy, Ortman, Stephanie, Thota, Ramya, Aldoss, Ibrahim, Ganta, Ashwin, Kalaiah, Mudappa, Didwaniya, Neha, Eberle, Catherine, Ganti, Apar K, Silberstein, Peter T, Subbiah, Shanmuga
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Advance Care Planning - organization & administration Advance Care Planning - trends Aged Antineoplastic Agents - administration & dosage Drug Utilization Female Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitals, Veterans - standards Hospitals, Veterans - trends Humans Male Nebraska Neoplasm Metastasis Neoplasms - pathology Neoplasms - therapy Palliative Care - standards Palliative Care - trends Terminal Care - standards Terminal Care - trends Terminally Ill United States
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