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The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481]

BACKGROUND: The Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) is a gold standard scale. The Thorne-modified KPS (TKPS) focuses on community-based care and has been shown to be more relevant to palliative care settings than the original KPS. The Australia-modified KPS (AKPS) blends KPS and TKPS to accommodate a...

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Autores principales: Abernethy, Amy P, Shelby-James, Tania, Fazekas, Belinda S, Woods, David, Currow, David C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1308820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16283937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-4-7