Patients' experience of oxygen therapy and dyspnea: A qualitative study in home palliative care

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 765-770

  Jaturapatporn, Darin ^a   Moran, Erica ^b   Obwanga, Chris ^c   Husain, Amna ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Oxygen therapy; Qualitative study; Shortness of breath

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; OXYGEN DELIVERY DEVICE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF CARE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF CARE;

EID: 77953612882     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0860-7     Document Type: Article

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