The Benefits of Rehabilitation for Palliative Care Patients

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-43

  Barawid, Edward ^a   Covarrubias, Natalia ^a   Tribuzio, Bianca ^a   Liao, Solomon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

functional; interdisciplinary; modalities; quality of life; rehabilitation; therapies

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALGESIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION;

EID: 84920939406     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: 19382715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113514474     Document Type: Article

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