Prospective assessment of symptom palliation for patients attending a rapid response radiotherapy program: Feasibility of telephone follow-up

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 649-656

  Chow, Edward ^a,b   Wong, Rebecca ^a   Connolly, Ruth ^a   Hruby, George ^a   Franssen, Edmee ^a   Fung, Kin Wah ^a   Vachon, Mary ^a   Andersson, Lourdes ^a   Pope, Joan ^a   Holden, Lori ^a   Szumacher, Ewa ^a   Schueller, Trudi ^a   Stefaniuk, Kim ^a   Finkelstein, Joel ^a   Hayter, Charles ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Prospective assessment; Radiotherapy; Symptom palliation; Telephone follow up

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOTHERAPY; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0034907921     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(01)00313-X     Document Type: Article

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