Impact of outpatient palliative care (PC) on symptom burden in patients with advanced cancer at a tertiary cancer center in Jordan
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- 作者：Omar Shamieh ; Odai Khamash ; Mustafa Khraisat ; Omar Jbouri…
- 关键词：Symptoms ; Advance cancer ; ESAS ; Palliative care ; Out ; patient clinic ; KHCC ; Jordan
- 刊名：Supportive Care in Cancer
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：25
- 期：1
- 页码：177-183
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- 刊物类别：Medicine
- 刊物主题：Oncology; Nursing; Nursing Research; Pain Medicine; Rehabilitation Medicine;
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：1433-7339
- 卷排序：25
文摘
PurposeOutpatient palliative care clinics are essential for early symptom management in patients with advanced cancer. Few outpatient programs are available in the Middle East. In this prospective study, we examined the symptom changes among cancer patients seen at a palliative care clinic in Jordan.