A preliminary study of the utility of the Brief Hospice Inventory

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 637-648

  Guo, Hong ^a   Fine, Perry G ^b   Mendoza, Tito R ^a   Cleeland, Charles S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pain Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Caregivers; Hospice; Outcomes; Palliative care; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NURSE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034903656     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(01)00296-2     Document Type: Article

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