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Social and structural conditions for the avoidance of advance care planning in neuro-oncology: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Primary brain tumours newly affect >260 000 people each year worldwide. In the UK, every year >10 000 people are diagnosed with a brain tumour while >5000 die annually from the disease. Prognoses are poor, cognitive deterioration common and patients have prolonged palliative nee...

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Autores principales: Llewellyn, Henry, Neerkin, Jane, Thorne, Lewis, Wilson, Elena, Jones, Louise, Sampson, Elizabeth L, Townsley, Emma, Low, Joseph T S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5878249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29391365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019057