The relationship between the referral palliative performance scale score and length of survival in palliative cancer patients referred to a hospice palliative care unit from an acute tertiary care hospital setting

• Author / Creator

  Sawchuk, Lorelei Marie Michalow

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Cancer. Palliative treatment. Alberta. Edmonton. Evaluation.
  • Cancer. Patients. Hospice care. Alberta. Edmonton.
  • Medical referral.
  • Life expectancy. Forecasting.
  • Hospital utilization. Length of stay. Alberta. Edmonton. Evaluation.
  • Hospice care. Utilization. Alberta. Edmonton.
  • Cancer. Nursing. Alberta. Edmonton.
  • Outcome assessment (Medical care)
  • Nursing assessment.

• Graduation date

  2007

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Nursing

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-912s-bq14

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for the purpose of private, scholarly or scientific research. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.