Letter to the editor

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 282-284

  Lau, Francis ^a   Bell, Heidi ^a   Dean, Mervyn ^b   Downing, Michael ^c   Lesperance, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Western Regional Integrated Health Authority   (Canada)

^c Victoria Hospice Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANADA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LETTER; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 59849097811     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970802400412     Document Type: Letter

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