Analyses of nursing home residents with cancer at admission

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 406-414

  Buchanan, Robert J ^a,d   Barkley, John ^b   Wang, Suojin ^c   Kim, MyungSuk ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Minimum Data Set; Nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 25844468242     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200509000-00012     Document Type: Article

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