Prognostic items for the last 10 and 3 days of life of cancer patients at home

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 390-396

  Kumagai, Yuki ^a   Maekawa, Atsuko ^b   Abe, Mayumi ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer patient; Delphi approach; End of life; Home; Prognostic items; Symptom and sign; Visiting nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DELPHI STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NURSE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; VISITING NURSE;

ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865784348     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e318235287d     Document Type: Article

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