Perspectives on symptom control in patients receiving community palliative care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 608-615

  Armes, P Jo ^a   Addington Hall, J M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care Givers; Palliative care and home nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAPE RECORDER;

CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0142042814     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm801oa     Document Type: Article

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