Early identification of palliative care patients in general practice: Development of RADboud indicators for PAlliative Care Needs (RADPAC)

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 602, 2012, Pages

  Thoonsen, Bregje ^a   Engels, Yvonne ^a   Van Rijswijk, Eric ^a   Verhagen, Stans ^a   Van Weel, Chris ^a   Groot, Marieke ^a   Vissers, Kris ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early identification; General practice; Indicators; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE CARE PATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865829703     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X654597     Document Type: Article

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