How do cancer patients receiving palliative care at home die? A descriptive study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 702-709

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a,b   Valle, Alessandro ^c   Porzio, Giampiero ^d   Costanzo, Benedetta Veruska ^e   Fusco, Flavio ^f   Aielli, Federica ^d   Adile, Claudio ^a   Fara, Bruna ^f   Casuccio, Alessandra ^b  

^a LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Fondazione FARO   (Italy)

^d L'Aquila per la Vita   (Italy)

^e Home Care Program   (Italy)

^f ASL3 Genovese   (Italy)

Author keywords

death; Home palliative care; terminally ill patients

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; DYING; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SEDATION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80155191209     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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