Identifying the need for specialized palliative care in adult cancer patients – development and validation of a screening procedure based on proxy assessment by physicians and filter questions

Abstract Background One challenge in caring for cancer patients with incurable disease is the adequate identification of those in need for specialized palliative care (SPC). The study’s aim was to validate an easy to use phenomenological screening tool. Methods The German tool is based on the Nation...

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Principais autores:	Christoph Ostgathe, Kim N. Wendt, Maria Heckel, Sandra Kurkowski, Carsten Klein, Stefan W. Krause, Florian S. Fuchs, Christian M. Bayer, Stephanie Stiel
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	BMC 2019-07-01
Colecção:	BMC Cancer
Assuntos:	Delivery of health care Needs assessment Palliative care Cancer Psychometric properties
Acesso em linha:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5809-8
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