Differential palliative care issues in patients with primary and secondary brain tumours

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1157-1163

  Ostgathe, Christoph ^a   Gaertner, Jan ^a   Kotterba, Maren ^a   Klein, Sebastian ^a   Lindena, Gabriele ^b   Nauck, Friedemann ^c   Radbruch, Lukas ^d   Voltz, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Clinical Analysis Research and Application CLARA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Brain tumour; Documentation; Palliative care; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SECOND CANCER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING;

EID: 77956467145     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0735-y     Document Type: Article

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