Reported symptoms in the last days of life: The need for robust research

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 845-846

  Fowell, Andrew ^a   Johnstone, Ros ^b   Russell, Ian ^c   Russell, Daphne ^c   Finlay, Ilora ^d  

^a North West Wales NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; BRONCHUS SECRETION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LETTER; NAUSEA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREND STUDY; VOMITING;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; TERMINAL CARE; WALES;

EID: 33845989507     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216306072350     Document Type: Letter

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