Evaluation of a new model of short-term palliative care for people severely affected with multiple sclerosis: A randomised fast-track trial to test timing of referral and how long the effect is maintained

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1033, 2011, Pages 769-775

  Higginson, Irene J ^a   Costantini, Massimo ^b   Silber, Eli ^c   Burman, Rachel ^c   Edmonds, Polly ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SYMPTOM SCALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE OUTCOME SCALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SHORT TERM PALLIATIVE CARE; SLEEP DISORDER; TIMING OF REFERRAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING; ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80455160199     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2011-130290     Document Type: Article

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