Symptom concerns and resource utilization in patients with lung cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 899-903

  Podnos, Yale D ^a   Borneman, Tami R ^b   Koczywas, Marianna ^b   Uman, Gwen ^c   Ferrell, Betty R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Vital Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848834832     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0232     Document Type: Review

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