Pain and hospice care in nursing home residents with dementia and terminal cancer

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1018-1025

  Monroe, Todd B ^a   Carter, Michael A ^c   Feldt, Karen S ^d   Dietrich, Mary S ^a   Cowan, Ronald L ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dementia; Discomfort; End of life; Hospice; Pain

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; LEVORPHANOL; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE DEMENTIA; TERMINAL CARE;

CANCER; DEMENTIA; DISCOMFORT; END-OF-LIFE; HOSPICE; PAIN;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84885898069     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12049     Document Type: Article

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