Fatigue in patients receiving palliative care.
This article discusses fatigue in patients receiving palliative care. The article initially considers the prevalence of fatigue in different groups of palliative care patients, then addresses how it manifests before reviewing how it can be assessed and managed. The focus of the article is on palliative care but it draws on, and has relevance for, chronic disease more widely.
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Emma
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Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, London. emma.ream@kcl.ac.uk
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005221:Fatigue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors