Symptom distress as rated by advanced cancer patients, caregivers and physicians in the last week of life

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 228-233

  Oi Ling, Kwok ^a   Man Wah, Doris T S E ^a   Kam Hung, Daniel N G ^a  

^a Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Last week of life; Proxy; Symptom distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CANCER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 18744363914     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216305pm1001oa     Document Type: Article

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