Effectiveness of palliative care services in symptom control of patients with advanced terminal cancer: A Spanish, multicenter, prospective, quasi-experimental, pre-post study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 652-660

  Gómez Batiste, Xavier ^a   Porta Sales, Josep ^a   Espinosa Rojas, Jose ^a   Pascual López, Antonio ^b   Tuca, Albert ^a   Rodriguez, José ^b  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Ministry of Health   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Clinical outcomes; Effectiveness; Palliative care services; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953230303     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.02.026     Document Type: Article

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