Palliative day care - A study of well-being and health-related quality of life

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 441-447

  Svidén, Gerd Andersson ^a   Furst C J ^a   von Koch, L ^a   Borell, L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Health related quality of life; Longitudinal; Palliative day care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MOOD; MOOD ADJECTIVE LIST; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DAY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649382151     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309104891     Document Type: Article

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