Interventions to manage symptoms at the end of life

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Von Gunten, Charles F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care Center for Palliative Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GABAPENTIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFUSION; COUGHING; DEATH; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32044459958     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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