Defining the palliative care patient: A systematic review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-208

  Van Mechelen, Wouter ^a   Aertgeerts, Bert ^a   Thoonsen, Bregje ^a   Van Rijswijk, Eric ^b   de Ceulaer, Karolien ^c   Vermandere, Mieke ^c   Warmenhoven, Franca ^c   de Lepeleire, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

definition; Palliative care patient; terminal care patient

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TERMINALLY ILL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84879337611     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311435268     Document Type: Review

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