title: Use of the Palliative Performance Scale in survival prediction for terminally ill patients in Western Newfoundland, Canada.
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Mervyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Downing
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lesperance
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017567:Karnofsky Performance Status / Q000592:standards*; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D009523:Newfoundland and Labrador / Q000453:epidemiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*