A shared care model pilot for palliative home care in a rural area: Impact on symptoms, distress, and place of death

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-75

  Howell, Doris ^a   Marshall, Denise ^b   Brazil, Kevin ^b,c   Taniguchi, Alan ^b   Howard, Michelle ^b   Foster, Gary ^b,c   Thabane, Lehana ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

emotional distress; family physicians; interdisciplinary team; longitudinal; outcome evaluation; outcomes research; palliative home care; Shared care; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960133578     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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