Improving the quality of palliative care for ambulatory patients with lung cancer

AUTOR(ES)

von Plessen, Christian

FONTE

BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

RESUMO

Problem Most patients with advanced lung cancer currently receive much of their health care, including chemotherapy, as outpatients. Patients have to deal with the complex and time consuming logistics of ambulatory cancer care. At the same time, members of staff often waste considerable time and energy in organisational aspects of care that could be better used in direct interaction with patients.

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