Symptom burden, service use and care dissatisfaction among older adults with cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, dementia and neurological disease during the last 3 months before death: A pooled analysis of mortality follow-back surveys
CONCLUSIONS: We showed different trajectories towards death depending on cause. Improving symptom burden and satisfaction in patients at the end-of-life is challenging, and the presence of a reliable key health professional may be helpful.PMID:38679837 | DOI:10.1177/02692163241246049
Source: Palliative Medicine - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Mitsunori Miyashita Catherine J Evans Deokee Yi Barbara Gomes Wei Gao Source Type: research
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