Symptom occurrence and associated clinical factors in nursing home residents with cancer

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 453-464

  Duncan, Jennifer G ^a   Bott, Marjorie J ^a   Thompson, Sarah A ^b   Gajewski, Byron J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Minimum data set (MDS); Nursing homes; Pain; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PAIN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; VOMITING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 68249122688     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20331     Document Type: Article

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