Treatment of (pathological) fatigue in palliative cancer patients;Behandling af fatigue (patologisk træthed) hos kræftpatienter - Med fokus på kræftpatienter i palliativ fase

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 169, Issue 44, 2007, Pages 3762-3765

  Pedersen, Lise ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

FATIGUE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 38449099616     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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