Asking the Right Question of Informal Caregivers About Patient Symptom Experiences: Multiple Proxy Perspectives and Reducing Interrater Gap

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-145

  Lobchuk, Michelle M ^a   McClement, Susan E ^a   Daeninck, Paul J ^a   Shay, Christopher ^a   Elands, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

assessment; comparative study; informal caregivers; perspective taking instructional sets; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846829585     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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