The ethical decisions UK doctors make regarding advanced cancer patients at the end of life - the perceived (in) appropriateness of anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism: A qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Cancer patients are at risk of developing blood clots in their veins - venous thromboembolism (VTE) - which often takes the form of a pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. The risk increases with advanced disease. Evidence based treatment is low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) by d...

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Autores principales: Sheard, Laura, Prout, Hayley, Dowding, Dawn, Noble, Simon, Watt, Ian, Maraveyas, Anthony, Johnson, Miriam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22947200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-13-22

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