Discharge from a palliative care unit: Prevalence and related factors from a retrospective study in Japan

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-149

  Miyashita, Mitsunori ^a   Arai, Kazuko ^b   Yamada, Yosuke ^c   Owada, MacHiko ^c   Sasahara, Tomoyo ^a,d   Kawa, Masako ^a   Mukaiyama, Taketo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY CENTER   (Japan)

^c Toshima Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 60049098674     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0216     Document Type: Article

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