Dyspnea assessment and management in hospice patients with pulmonary disorders

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 259-264

  Webb, Mary ^a   Moody, Linda E ^a   Mason, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0034236359     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990910001700412     Document Type: Article

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