What Do We Mean By "Palliative" or "Oncologic Care"? Conceptual Clarity Is Needed for Sound Research and Good Care

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¹ Jan Schildmann, MD, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Stephan Nadolny, MSc, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; and Franziskus-Hospital Harderberg, Niels-Stensen-Kliniken, Georgsmarienhütte, Germany; and Hilde M. Buiting, PhD, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Jan Schildmann et al. J Clin Oncol. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 20;38(24):2814-2815.

doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.00658. Epub 2020 Jun 12.

¹ Jan Schildmann, MD, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Stephan Nadolny, MSc, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; and Franziskus-Hospital Harderberg, Niels-Stensen-Kliniken, Georgsmarienhütte, Germany; and Hilde M. Buiting, PhD, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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El-Jawahri A, LeBlanc TW, Lee SJ. El-Jawahri A, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Aug 20;38(24):2815-2816. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01098. Epub 2020 Jun 12. J Clin Oncol. 2020. PMID: 32530762 No abstract available.

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