Owners' assessments of their dog's quality of life during palliative chemotherapy for lymphoma

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 100-103

  Mellanby, R J ^a   Herrtage, M E ^a   Dobson, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; INTERVIEW; LYMPHOMA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INTERVIEWS; LYMPHOMA; OWNERSHIP; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037365870     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2003.tb00127.x     Document Type: Article

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