The use of the Rotterdam symptom checklist in palliative care

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-84

  Hardy, Janet R ^a   Edmonds, Polly ^a   Turner, Rose ^a   Rees, Elizabeth ^a   A'Hern, Roger ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Rotterdam symptom checklist; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0032843795     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(99)00050-0     Document Type: Article

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