Evaluation of the memorial delirium assessment scale (MDAS) for the screening of delirium by means of simulated cases by palliative care health professionals

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1271-1276

  Fadul, Nada ^a   Kaur, Guddi ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Palmer, J Lynn ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; MDAS; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEMORIAL DELIRIUM ASSESSMENT SCALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SIMULATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DELIRIUM; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MASS SCREENING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348924473     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0247-6     Document Type: Article

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