The PRISMA symposium 1: Outcome tool use. Disharmony in European outcomes research for palliative and advanced disease care: Too many tools in practice

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 493-500

  Harding, Richard ^a   Simon, Steffen T ^b   Benalia, Hamid ^b   Downing, Julia ^c   Daveson, Barbara A ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Bausewein, Claudia ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

end of life care; Europe; Outcome assessment; palliative care; research; terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SYMPOSIUM;

AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80053513696     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.06.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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