Comparing three life-limiting diseases: Does diagnosis matter or is sick, sick?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-341

  Steinhauser, Karen E ^a,b   Arnold, Robert M ^d   Olsen, Maren K ^a   Lindquist, Jennifer ^a   Hays, Judith ^b,c   Wood, Laura L ^c   Burton, Allison M ^e   Tulsky, James A ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; patient centered care; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 80052016094     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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