Diagnosis-related differences in the quality of end-of-life care: A comparison between cancer and non-cancer patients.

BACKGROUND:Cancer, chronic heart failure (CHF), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the advanced stages have similar symptom burdens and survival rates. Despite these similarities, the majority of the attention directed to improving the quality of end-of-life (EOL) care has focused o...

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Main Authors: Vieri Lastrucci, Sara D'Arienzo, Francesca Collini, Chiara Lorini, Alfredo Zuppiroli, Silvia Forni, Guglielmo Bonaccorsi, Fabrizio Gemmi, Andrea Vannucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6155541?pdf=render