What are patients' priorities for palliative care research? - A questionnaire study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-12

  Perkins, Paul ^a   Booth, Sara ^b   Vowler, Sarah L ^c   Barclay, Stephen ^c  

^a Sue Ryder Care Leckhampton Court Hospice ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Palliative; Research; User involvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 40449122308     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307085180     Document Type: Article

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