Symptom burden, palliative care need and predictors of physical and psychological discomfort in two UK hospitals

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ryan, Tony ^a   Ingleton, Christine ^a   Gardiner, Clare ^b   Parker, Chris ^a   Gott, Merryn ^c   Noble, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Burden of illness; Dementia; End of life care; Palliative care; Prevalence; Psychological stress; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEFFIELD PROFILE FOR ASSESSMENT REFERRAL TO CARE; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874199343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-12-11     Document Type: Article

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