Symptom assessment in advanced palliative home care for cancer patients using the ESAS: Clinical aspects

Anticancer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6 A, 2001, Pages 4077-4082

  Heedman, Per Anders ^a   Strang, Peter ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ESAS; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Quality assurance; Quality of life; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035570286     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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