Shared Priorities for the End-of-Life Period

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-188

  Downey, Lois ^a,b   Engelberg, Ruth A ^a,b   Curtis, J Randall ^b   Lafferty, William E ^a   Patrick, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; pain control; palliative care; patient preferences; priority ratings; psychosocial needs; quality of dying and death; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 59649104403     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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