Assessment of Palliative Care in Lung Cancer in Turkey

201619 citationsJournal Articlediamond Open Access

Authors

Yılmaz Bülbül · Karadeniz Technical University

T. Ozlu · Karadeniz Technical University

S. Arinc

Berna Akıncı Özyürek · Ankara Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Hülya Günbatar · Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi

Ayşegül Şentürk · Ankara Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Anzel Bahadır · Yedikule Teaching Hospital

Abstract

In this study, the symptoms progressed and became more severe in the advanced stages of lung cancer, and palliative treatment was insufficient in most of the patients in Turkey.

Topics & Keywords

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Cancer survivorship and care Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Medical Principles and Practice

Volume 26, Issue 1, pp. 50-56

DOI: 10.1159/000452801

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