Patient appointment process, symptom control and prediction of follow-up compliance in a palliative care outpatient clinic

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-153

  Porta Sales, Josep ^a   Codorniu, Núria ^a   Gómez Batiste, Xavier ^a   Alburquerque, Eulalia ^a   Serrano Bermúdez, Gala ^a   Sánchez Posadas, Daniel ^a   Pérez Martin, Xavier ^a   González Barboteo, Jesús ^a   Tuca Rodríguez, Albert ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer; Outpatient; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944520889     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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