Revisiting depression in palliative care settings: The need to focus on clinical utility over validity

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-391

  Reeve, Joanne Lucy ^a   Lloyd Williams, M ^a   Dowrick, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Palliative care; Prevalence; Utility

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 46049115070     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307087953     Document Type: Review

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