Quality of life of cancer patients receiving inpatient and home-based palliative care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 524-533

  Peters, Louise ^a   Sellick, Ken ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Home based care; Inpatient care; Nursing; Palliative care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33645151480     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03754.x     Document Type: Article

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