The disparity between patient and nurse symptom rating in a Hospice population

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 542-547

  To, Timothy H M ^a,b   Ong, Wah Ying ^c   Rawlings, Deborah ^a   Greene, Aine ^a   Currow, David C ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Dover Park Hospice   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPICE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NURSE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE;

EID: 84861058655     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0291     Document Type: Article

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