The final month of life in patients with ALS

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 428-431

  Ganzini, Linda ^a,b   Johnston, Wendy S ^c   Silveira, Maria J ^d,e  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037072295     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.3.428     Document Type: Article

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