Palliative Care providers' opinions of the edmonton symptom assessment system revised (ESAS-r) in clinical practice

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Watanabe, Sharon M ^a   Nekolaichuk, Cheryl L ^a   Beaumont, Crystal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GREY NUNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; APPETITE DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DROWSINESS; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SYSTEM REVISED; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84868590222     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.07.008     Document Type: Letter

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