"what bothers you the most?" initial responses from patients receiving palliative care consultation

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 88-92

  Shah, Mindy ^a,b   Quill, Timothy ^a   Norton, Sally ^a   Sada, Yvonne ^a   Buckley, Marcia ^a   Fridd, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 601   (United States)

Author keywords

Death and dying; End of life; Hospice; Palliative care; Physician patient relationship

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; EXISTENTIALISM; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTIONS; EXISTENTIALISM; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEW YORK; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 41849144130     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909107310138     Document Type: Article

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