TY  - JOUR
T1  - OUtpatient palliative care practices
AU  - Rabow MW, Smith AK, Braun JL, Weissman DE
Y1  - 2010/04/12
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.56
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 654
EP  - 655
VL  - 170
IS  - 7
N2  - 
The field of palliative care has grown rapidly in the United States, with most of the focus on the development of inpatient palliative care consultation services.1 However, the number of outpatient palliative care programs is increasing, with evidence of improved patient and family clinical outcomes.2- 4 Little is known about the structures and processes of existing outpatient palliative care services, including those serving patients with cancer. Learning about existing outpatient palliative care practices may be useful to palliative care programs hoping to expand into the outpatient arena.5 This project was designed to learn the structural components of a national sample of leading outpatient palliative care practices.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.56
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.56
ER  -