A specialized home care intervention improves survival among older post-surgical cancer patients.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on December 01, 2000

Authors

R McCorkle1, N E Strumpf, I F Nuamah, D C Adler, M E Cooley, C Jepson, E J Lusk, M Torosian

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Excellence in Chronic Illness Care, School of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06536-0740, USA.

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