The Edmonton symptom assessment system-what do patients think?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 675-683

  Watanabe, Sharon ^a   Nekolaichuk, Cheryl ^b   Beaumont, Crystal ^a   Mawani, Asifa ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b GREY NUNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Edmonton Symptom Assessment System; ESAS; Instrument development; Think aloud method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 67349259994     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0522-1     Document Type: Article

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