Development of a national clinical guideline for artificial hydration therapy for terminally ill patients with cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 770-780

  Morita, Tatsuya ^a,f   Bito, Seiji ^b   Koyama, Hiroshi ^c   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^d   Adachi, Isamu ^e  

^a Seirei Hospice ^*  (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

CONSENSUS; DEHYDRATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34347389756     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0254     Document Type: Article

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