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Involvement of a Case Manager in Palliative Care Reduces Hospitalisations at the End of Life in Cancer Patients; A Mortality Follow-Back Study in Primary Care

BACKGROUND: Case managers have been introduced in primary palliative care in the Netherlands; these are nurses with expertise in palliative care who offer support to patients and informal carers in addition to the care provided by the general practitioner (GP) and home-care nurse. OBJECTIVES: To com...

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Autores principales: van der Plas, Annicka G. M., Vissers, Kris C., Francke, Anneke L., Donker, Gé A., Jansen, Wim J. J., Deliens, Luc, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4514754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26208099
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133197