Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 217-227 , September 2008

Characteristics and Quality of Life of Patients Who Choose Home Care at the End of Life

  • Marianne Ahlner-Elmqvist, RN, BEd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
    • Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Marianne Ahlner-Elmqvist, RN, BEd, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Malmö University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Marit S. Jordhøy, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pain and Palliation Research Group, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, NTNU
    • Cancer Unit, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Gjøvik, Norway
    • ,
  • Kristin Bjordal, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Palliative Care Research Unit and Department of Radiation Oncology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital-Rikshospitalet Medical Centre, Montebello, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Magnus Jannert, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
    • ,
  • Stein Kaasa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unit for Applied Clinical Research, NTNU
    • Palliative Medicine Unit, Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, University Hospital of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway

,Accepted 31 October 2007.

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 The study was supported by grants from The Swedish Cancer Society (grant no. 3650-B95-01XAC), The Vardal Foundation for Health Care Sciences and Allergy Research (grant no. V98262), and The Association for Cancer and Traffic Victims (grant no. C24405).

PII: S0885-3924(08)00116-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.10.010

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 217-227 , September 2008

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