Needs of developing the skills of palliative care at the oncology ward: An audit of symptoms among 203 consecutive cancer patients in Finland

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-8

  Salminen, E ^a   Clemens, K E ^b   Syrjanen K ^a   Salmenoja, H ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ESAS; Oncology; Pain; Palliative care; Survey; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ONCOLOGY WARD; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 36949038167     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0252-9     Document Type: Article

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