International palliative care experts' view on phenomena indicating the last hours and days of life

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1509-1517

  Domeisen Benedetti, Franzisca ^a   Ostgathe, Christoph ^b   Clark, Jean ^c   Costantini, Massimo ^d   Daud, Maria Laura ^e   Grossenbacher Gschwend, Barbara ^a   Latten, Richard ^f   Lindqvist, Olav ^g,h,i   Peternelj, Andreja ^j   Schuler, Stefanie ^a   Tal, Kali ^k   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^l   Eychmüller, Steffen ^m  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Education and Research Unit   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e Hospital B Udaondo amp Pallium Latinoamerica   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g Research and Development Unit in Stockholms Sjukhem   (Sweden)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Slovenia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^l ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Delphi technique; Last hours days of life; Phenomena

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DYING; EMOTIONALITY; EUROPE; FEEDING DISORDER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN DEFECT; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DEATH; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84879154155     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1677-3     Document Type: Article

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