Detailing of gastrointestinal symptoms in cancer patients with advanced disease: New methodologies, new insights, and a proposed approach

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Abernethy, Amy P ^a   Wheeler, Jane L ^a   Zafar, S Yousuf ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestive (MeSH); Palliative care (MeSH); Patient reported outcomes; Signs and symptoms; Terminal care (MeSH)

Indexed keywords

CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; REVIEW;

CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650284128     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32832531ce     Document Type: Article

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