The last 3 days of life in three different care settings in the Netherlands

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1117-1123

  Veerbeek, Laetitia ^a   Van Zuylen, Lia ^a   Swart, Siebe J ^b   Van Der Maas, Paul J ^a   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Nursing Home Laurens Antonius Ysselmonde   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

End of life research; Interventions; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; NURSING INTERVENTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

COMMUNICATION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34648826960     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0211-x     Document Type: Article

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