Changes in quality of life following admission to palliative care units

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 363-371

  Cohen, S Robin ^a,b   Boston, Patricia ^a   Mount, Balfour M ^a   Porterfield, Pat ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Vancouver Hosp and Hlth Sci Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Hospice; Palliative care; Psychological; Quality of life; Spiritual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0034834282     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921601680419401     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. The WHO objectives for palliative care: To what extent are we achieving them?
2. Do specialist palliative care teams improve outcomes for cancer patients? A systematic literature review
3. The impact of different models of specialist palliative care on patients' quality of life: A systematic literature review
4. Palliative care: Views of patients and their families
5. A study of quality of life of hospice patients on admission and at week 3
6. The quality of life of patients with cancer receiving hospice care
7. Services given and help perceived during home care for terminal cancer
8. Quality-of-life assessment in home care program for advanced cancer patients: A study using the symptom distress scale
9. Terminal care: Evaluation of inpatient service at St. Christopher's Hospice. Part 1. Views of surviving spouse on effects of the service on the patient
10. Primary care providers' perceptions of care
11. Comparison of hospice and conventional care
12. Comparison of places and policies for terminal care
13. A randomised controlled trial of hospice care
14. Last days: A study of the quality of life of terminally ill cancer patients
15. Evaluating a palliative care program: Methodology and limitations
16. The relationship between theory and measurement in evaluations of palliative care services
17. The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire: A measure of quality of life appropriate for people with advanced disease. A preliminary study of validity and acceptability
18. Existential well-being is an important determinant of quality of life. Evidence from the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire
19. Quality of life in HIV disease as measured by the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire
20. Validity of the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire in the palliative care setting: A multicentre Canadian study demonstrating the importance of the existential domain
21. Living with cancer: 'Good days' and 'Bad days' - What produces them? Can the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire distinguish between them?
22. Two hospice quality of life surveys: A comparison
23. The applicability of quality-of-life assessment in palliative care: Comparing two quality-of-life measures
24. Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods
25. Patients' perception of their care at Our Lady's Hospice, Dublin