Palliative care and end-of-life measure outcomes: Experience of a tertiary care institute from South India

Palliative care and end-of-life measure outcomes: Experience of a tertiary care institute from South India

Introduction: Desisting from disease directed treatment in the past weeks of life is a quality criterion in oncology service. Patients with advanced cancer have unrealistic expectations from chemotherapy and hold on to it as a great source of hope. Many oncologists continue futile and unnecessary tr...

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Main Authors: Praveen Adusumilli, Lingaraj Nayak, Vidya Viswanath, Leela Digumarti, Raghunadha Rao Digumarti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2018-01-01
Series:South Asian Journal of Cancer
Subjects:
End-of-Life measures
palliative care
South India
tertiary institute
Online Access:http://journal.sajc.org/article.asp?issn=2278-330X;year=2018;volume=7;issue=3;spage=210;epage=213;aulast=Adusumilli

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