Cancer patients hospitalised for palliative reasons. Symptoms and needs presented at a University Hospital

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-102

  Åstradsson, Eva ^a   Granath, Lena ^a   Heedman, Per Anders ^a   Starkhammar, Hans ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; ESAS; Palliative care; Quality of life; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WELLBEING;

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

EID: 0035084409     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200000209     Document Type: Article

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