Suffering at the end of life in the setting of low physical symptom distress

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 658-665

  Abraham, Adam ^a,b   Kutner, Jean S ^a   Beaty, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL STRESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33745320977     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.658     Document Type: Article

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