Open AccessPattern of referral of noncancer patients to palliative care in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Hafez Ghanem,
Rawabi M Shaikh,
Ahmad M Abou Alia,
Amani S Al-Zayir,
Samy A. Alsirafy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.92342
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , palliative care , disease , population , medical diagnosis , cancer , intensive care medicine , family medicine , nursing , pathology , environmental health
The palliative care (PC) needs of patients with noncancer life-threatening illnesses are comparable to that of cancer patients. This report describes the contribution of noncancer patients to the population of PC patients in a tertiary care hospital in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.