The Relationships among Pain, Nonpain Symptoms, and Quality of Life Measures in Older Adults with Cancer Receiving Hospice Care

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 880-889

  Black, Brianne ^a   Herr, Keela ^a   Fine, Perry ^c   Sanders, Sara ^b   Tang, Xiongwen ^a   Bergen Jackson, Kimberly ^a   Titler, Marita ^d   Forcucci, Chris ^a  

^a College of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer Pain; Hospice; Older Adult; Pain Assessment; Pain Management; Quality of Life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 79959262585     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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