Symptoms and problem clusters in cancer and non-cancer patients in specialized palliative care - Is there a difference?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-35

  Stiel, Stephanie ^a   Matthies, Dominik M K ^a   Seuß, Dominik ^b   Walsh, Declan ^c   Lindena, Gabriele ^d   Ostgathe, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^c TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Clinical Analysis   (Germany)

Author keywords

cancer; Cluster analysis; non cancer; palliative care; problems; symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISORIENTATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LOSS OF APPETITE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; TENSION; WEAKNESS; WOUND CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84903906643     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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