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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 106-111Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1049909107305646
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descriptive; elderly; palliative care; need-assessment
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- Coordinating Board of Swedish Research Councils
- Swedish Medical Research Council
- Medical and Social Services Administrations
- Helge Axson Johnson Foundation
- Hjalmar Svensson Foundation
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A pilot study on elderly patients' end-of-life needs was performed at a Swedish geriatric palliative ward. Thirty patients (15 men and 15 women; mean age, 79 years) with a primary diagnosis of cancer and admitted for palliative care were interviewed by a nurse using semistructured interviews. The study included demographic data, physical and psychologic status, and naming and ranking of individual needs. Elimination of physical pain was ranked as the primary need of half of the patients. Only when pain was eliminated or absent did other important needs (psychological, social, spiritual) appear frequently.
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