The palliative care knowledge questionnaire for PEACE: Reliability and validity of an instrument to measure palliative care knowledge among physicians

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1423-1428

  Yamamoto, Ryo ^a   Kizawa, Yoshiyuki ^b   Nakazawa, Yoko ^c   Morita, Tatsuya ^d  

^a Nagano Prefectural Federation of Agricultural Cooperative for Health and Welfare   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DELIRIUM; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL STRESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PALLIATIVE CARE KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THEORY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84887897715     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0112     Document Type: Article

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