Quality of life, day hospice needs, and satisfaction of community-dwelling patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers in Japan

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1203-1207

  Miyashita, Mitsunori ^a   Misawa, Tomoyo ^a   Abe, Mayumi ^b   Nakayama, Yasuko ^c   Abe, Koji ^d   Kawa, Masako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Home Palliative Care Support Center Rainbow   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 56749104693     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0067     Document Type: Article

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