The broad spectrum of unbearable suffering in end-of-life cancer studied in dutch primary care

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ruijs, Cees D M ^a   Kerkhof, Ad J F M ^a,b   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; LOVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84864406374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-11-12     Document Type: Article

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