Comparison of informal caregiver and named nurse assessment of symptoms in elderly patients dying in hospital using the palliative outcome scale

OBJECTIVES: A prospective study of symptom assessments made by a healthcare professional (HCP; named nurse) and an informal caregiver (ICG) compared with that of the patient with a terminal diagnosis. To look at the validity of HCP and ICG as proxies, which symptoms they can reliably assess, and to...

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Autores principales: Dawber, Rebecca, Armour, Kathy, Ferry, Peter, Mukherjee, Bhaskar, Carter, Christopher, Meystre, Chantal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26758469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000850

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26758469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000850

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