Variations by age in symptoms and dependency levels experienced by people in the last year of life, as reported by surviving family, friends and officials

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-136

  Addington Hall, Julia ^a,b   Altmann, Dan ^a   Mccarthy, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cancer; Palliative care; Symptoms; Variations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL WORK;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031966122     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.2.129     Document Type: Article

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