How reliable are relatives' retrospective reports of terminal illness? Patients' and relatives' accounts compared

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1229-1236

  Hinton, John ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment reliability; Palliative care; Quality of life; Terminal cancer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYING; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; RELIABILITY; TERMINAL DISEASE; VOMITING;

EID: 0030271875     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00437-8     Document Type: Article

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