Pain control at the end of life: A comparative study of hospitalized cancer and noncancer patients

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 771-779

  Steindal, Simen A ^a   Bredal, Inger Schou ^b   Sørbye, Liv Wergeland ^a   Lerdal, Anners ^b,c  

^a VID SPECIALIZED UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Lovisenberg Deacon Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Comparison; Cross sectional study; End of life care; Hospital; Medical records; Noncancer patients; Pain; Pain management; Resident assessment instrument of palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80755138380     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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