Journal article
Trajectory of End-of-Life Pain and Other Physical Symptoms among Cancer Patients Receiving Home Care
Abstract
PURPOSE: To describe the trajectory of physical symptoms among cancer decedents who were receiving home care in the six months before death.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: An observational cohort study of cancer decedents in Ontario, Canada, who received home care services between 2007 and 2014. To be included, decedents had to use at least one home care service in the last six months of life. Outcomes were the presence of pain and several other …
Authors
Seow H; Guthrie DM; Stevens T; Barbera LC; Burge F; McGrail K; Chan KKW; Peacock SJ; Sutradhar R
Journal
Current Oncology, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 1641–1651
Publisher
MDPI
DOI
10.3390/curroncol28030153
ISSN
1198-0052