Comfort in the last 2 weeks of life: Relationship to accessing palliative care services

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1255-1263

  Currow, David C ^a   Ward, Alicia M ^b   Plummer, John L ^c   Bruera, Eduardo ^d   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,b,e  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care terminal care hospice care; Palliative care service access; Population planning; Proxy reporting; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STEREOTYPY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 53949096721     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0424-2     Document Type: Article

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