Quality Indicators of End-of-Life Cancer Care from the Bereaved Family Members' Perspective in Japan

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1019-1026

  Miyashita, Mitsunori ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   Ichikawa, Takayuki ^a   Sato, Kazuki ^a   Shima, Yasuo ^c   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^d  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

end of life care; hospice; measures; neoplasms; Palliative care; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DECUBITUS; DYING; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 66149141819     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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