The impact of home palliative care on symptoms in advanced cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 307-310

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a,b   Fulfaro, Fabio ^b   Casuccio, Alessandra ^c  

^a LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

^b Societa Per l'Assistenza Al M   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer patients; Epidemiology; Home care; Palliative care; Symptomatic treatment

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DROWSINESS; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0033921533     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005209900110     Document Type: Article

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