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Title
Practical tools for implementing early palliative care in advanced lung cancer
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Abstract
We read with interest the article by Blum and Schönfeld [1]. Early introduction of palliative care (EPC) in the management of patients with advanced lung cancer is recommended because it improves quality of life and tends to produce better survival [2]. Hospital-based palliative teams mainly focus on terminal care for hospitalised patients. Involvement of the treating pulmonologist in this setting is warranted, as stated by Blum and Schönfeld [1]. We would like to show you how we started EPC in collaboration with the palliative team in our hospital (table 1).
Language
English
Source (journal)
The European respiratory journal / European Respiratory Society [Lausanne] - Copenhagen, 1988, currens
Publication
Copenhagen : 2016
ISSN
0903-1936 [print]
1399-3003 [online]
DOI
10.1183/13993003.00382-2015
Volume/pages
47 :3 (2016) , p. 1010-1012
ISI
000385950700044
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UAntwerpen
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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