Assessing constipation in palliative care within a gastroenterology framework

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 834-841

  Clark, Katherine ^a   Currow, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constipation; diagnosis; palliative care; pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865424137     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311414756     Document Type: Article

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