Cancer patient-centered home care: a new model for health care in oncology

Patient-centered home care is a new model of assistance, which may be integrated with more traditional hospital-centered care especially in selected groups of informed and trained patients. Patient-centered care is based on patients’ needs rather than on prognosis, and takes into account the emotion...

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Main Authors: Tralongo, Paolo, Ferraù, Francesco, Borsellino, Nicolò, Verderame, Francesco, Caruso, Michele, Giuffrida, Dario, Butera, Alfredo, Gebbia, Vittorio
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3176172/