Challenges in defining 'palliative care' for the purposes of clinical trials

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-482

  Bausewein, Claudia ^a,b   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Definition; Effectiveness; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84871197156     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32835998f5     Document Type: Review

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