Symptom burden at the end of life: Hospice providers' perceptions

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 473-480

  Kutner, Jean S ^a   Kassner, Cordt T ^a   Nowels, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospice; Palliative care; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DROWSINESS; DYING; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENTS;

EID: 0035007117     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(01)00281-0     Document Type: Article

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