Department of Surgery and Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Perspective
Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Receive Specialized Palliative Care in Conjunction with Oncological Treatment
Author(s): Marnix Bruno*
It has been extensively researched and documented that patients' expectations for how they would like to spend their final days differ from how such days are expended. While almost 80percent of respondents of Americans say they would like to pass their dying weeks at home. Up than 60% of all fatalities that occur in the US take place in an acute care hospital when the patient is receiving rigorous treatment. Access to palliative care resources has grown in the United States during the past ten years. Critical care services were indicated by 53% of hospitals with fifty or more beds in 2008, an increase from the previous year .. View More»
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