Unmet symptom management needs of nursing home residents with cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 265-273

  Duncan, Jennifer G ^a,c   Forbes Thompson, Sarah ^b   Bott, Marjorie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Minimum Data Set; Nursing homes; Pain; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPICE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AGED; FATIGUE; NAUSEA; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; ANALGESICS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FATIGUE; HUMANS; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 56049111383     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305738.33958.9f     Document Type: Review

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