Errors in symptom intensity self-assessment by patients receiving outpatient palliative care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1059-1065

  Garyali, Anil ^a   Palmer, J Lynn ^a   Yennurajalingam, Sriram ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Pace, Ellen A ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; CANCER CENTER; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NAUSEA; NOCICEPTION; NURSE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751068932     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.1059     Document Type: Review

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