Palliative care outcomes in surgical oncology patients with advanced malignancies: A mixed methods approach

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-415

  Wallen, Gwenyth R ^a   Baker, Karen ^a   Stolar, Marilyn ^b   Miller Davis, Claiborne ^a   Ames, Nancy ^a   Yates, Jan ^c   Bolle, Jacques ^a   Pereira, Donna ^d   St Germain, Diane ^e   Handel, Daniel ^a   Berger, Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Shenandoah University   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer malignancies; Mixed methods; Pain management; Palliative care; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863621253     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0065-7     Document Type: Review

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