Palliative Care and End-Stage Liver Disease

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 699-700

  Walling, Anne M ^a,b,c   Wenger, Neil S ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANALGESIA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAREGIVER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DECREASED APPETITE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; EDITORIAL; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METABOLISM; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 84896094106     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.11.010     Document Type: Editorial

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