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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...
Autores principales: | Ruijs, Cees DM, Kerkhof, Ad JFM, van der Wal, Gerrit, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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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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