Clinical and Demographic Characteristics Help Explain Variations in Pain at the End of Life

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-19

  Strassels, Scott A ^a   Blough, David K ^b   Veenstra, David L ^b   Hazlet, Thomas K ^b   Sullivan, Sean D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

hospice; Pain; palliative care; regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349035859     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.02.036     Document Type: Article

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