Global assessment of symptom control at the end of life;Valoración global del control de síntomas al final de la vida

Medicina Paliativa

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-82

  Gisbert, A ^a   Gomez F ^a   Bruera, E ^b  

^a Hospital Malvarrosa   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; End of life; Hospital in patient Unit; Palliative Care

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTHANASIA; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; TERMINAL DISEASE; VOMITING;

EID: 3242660755     PISSN: 1134248X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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