Home palliative care for terminal cancer patients: A survey on the final week of life

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-241

  Peruselli, Carlo ^a,i   Di Giulio, P ^b   Toscani, F ^c   Gallucci, M ^d   Brunelli, C ^e   Costantini, M ^f   Tamburini, M ^e   Paci, E ^g   Miccinesi, G ^g   Addington Hall, J M ^h   Higginson, I J ^h  

^a Palliative Care Unit   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Merate Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Home care services; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Sedation (non MeSH); Terminal care

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEDATION; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033051441     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921699669863369     Document Type: Article

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