Characteristics of an ambulatory palliative care clinic for HIV-infected patients

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 934-937

  Perry, Brian A ^a   Westfall, Andrew O ^b   Molony, Elizabeth ^a   Tucker, Rodney ^c   Ritchie, Christine ^e,f   Saag, Michael S ^d   Mugavero, Michael J ^d   Merlin, Jessica S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Jewish Home of San Francisco Center for Research on Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE SPASM; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TERMINAL CARE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ALABAMA; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84879966193     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0451     Document Type: Article

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