TY  - JOUR
T1  - PAlliative care at us cancer centers—reply
AU  - Hui D, Elsayem A, Bruera E
Y1  - 2010/06/09
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2010.734
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2251
EP  - 2251
VL  - 303
IS  - 22
N2  - 
In Reply: Given that more patients die of nonmalignant diseases than of cancer,1 we agree with Dr Weems that it is important to further develop the discipline of palliative care for other life-threatening diseases. Cancer has traditionally been the main disease model for palliative care because of its high prevalence, the relatively predictable disease trajectory, and the significant physical and psychosocial symptom burden among oncology patients. However, our survey highlighted that there remain significant gaps in the delivery of palliative care even among cancer centers.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.734
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.734
ER  -