Evaluating palliative care: Bereaved family members' evaluations of patients' pain, anxiety and depression

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-114

  McPherson, Christine J ^a,b   Addington Hall, Julia M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

family; Palliative; retrospective; surveys; symptom evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE; REVIEW;

EID: 3242764599     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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