Symptoms, unbearability and the nature of suffering in terminal cancer patients dying at home: a prospective primary care study

BACKGROUND: Primary care physicians provide palliative home care. In cancer patients dying at home in the Netherlands (45% of all cancer patients) euthanasia in about one out of every seven patients indicates unbearable suffering. Symptom prevalence, relationship between intensity of symptoms and un...

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Autores principales: Ruijs, Cees DM, Kerkhof, Ad JFM, van der Wal, Gerrit, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24373224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-14-201

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24373224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-14-201

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