A survey of patients' experience of pain and other symptoms while receiving care from palliative care services

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 315-322

  Pidgeon, Tanya ^a,e   Johnson, Claire E ^a   Currow, David ^b   Yates, Patsy ^c   Banfield, Maree ^d,e   Lester, Leanne ^a   Allingham, Sam F ^d,e   Bird, Sonia ^d,e   Eagar, Kathy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pain; Psychological care; Quality of life; Social care; Symptoms and symptom management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84986317406     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000748     Document Type: Article

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