Symptom assessment in elderly cancer patients receiving palliative care

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-286

  Pautex, Sophie ^a   Berger, André ^a   Chatelain, Catherine ^a   Herrmann, François ^a   Zulian, Gilbert B ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Edmonton symptom assessment system; Elderly; Palliative care; Symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ANXIETY; APPETITE; CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0042335971     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-8428(03)00043-X     Document Type: Review

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