Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 195, Issue 3 , Pages 411-422 , September 2002

Decision making in palliative surgery

Presented at the American College of Surgeons 87th Clinical Congress, New Orleans, LA, October 2001.

  • Laurence E McCahill, MD (FACS)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Laurence McCahill, MD, Department of General Oncologic Surgery, 1500 E Duarte Rd, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
    • Department of General Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA (McCahill, Chu, Wagman)
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  • Robert S Krouse, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Southern Arizona Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA (Krouse)
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  • David Z.J Chu, MD (FACS)

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA (McCahill, Chu, Wagman)
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  • Gloria Juarez, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA (Juarez, Ferrell)
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  • Gwen C Uman, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vital Research, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Uman)
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  • Betty R Ferrell, PhD (FANN)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA (Juarez, Ferrell)
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  • Lawrence D Wagman, MD (FACS)

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA (McCahill, Chu, Wagman)

Received 12 October 2001 ,Revised 5 February 2002 ,Accepted 26 April 2002.

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Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 195, Issue 3 , Pages 411-422 , September 2002

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