Outcome assessment instruments in palliative and hospice care—a review of the literature

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[31] McHorney CA(1994)The Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale: an instrument for the evaluation of symptom prevalence, characteristics and distress Eur J Cancer 30A 1326-1336

[32] Ware JE(1980)Evaluation of patients with advanced cancer using the Karnofsky performance status Cancer 45 2220-2224

[33] Raczek AE(1996)Palliative performance scale (PPS): a new tool J Palliat Care 12 5-11

[34] Cella DF(2004)Quality of life evaluations of caregivers of ovarian cancer patients during chemotherapy treatment J Obstet Gynaecol Can 26 627-631

[35] O’Boyle C(2005)Validation of the caregiving at life’s end questionnaire Am J Hosp Palliat Care 22 188-194

[36] Chang VT(2005)The French version of the palliative care quiz for nursing (PCQN-F): development and evaluation J Palliat Care 21 27-34

[37] Hwang SS(2009)A framework for assessing quality indicators for cancer care at the end of life J Pain Symptom Manag 38 903-912

[38] Feuerman M(2009)Developing quality indicators for cancer end-of-life care: proceedings from a national symposium Cancer 115 3820-3829

[39] Hearn J(2010)The PEACE project review of clinical instruments for hospice and palliative care J Palliat Med 13 1253-1260

[40] Higginson IJ(2003)Pain and health-related quality of life among cancer patients in final stage of life: a comparison between two palliative care teams J Nurs Manag 11 189-196