Open AccessConcordance in the assessment of effectiveness of palliative care between patients and palliative care nurses in Malaysia: A study with the palliative care outcome scale
Author(s) -
Kwee Choy Koh,
Ekta Gupta,
Sangeetha Poovaneswaran,
Siaw Ling Then,
Michelle Jia Jui Teo,
Teik Yiap Gan,
Joanne Hwei Yean Thing
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.197961
Subject(s) - palliative care , concordance , medicine , malay , nursing , scale (ratio) , family medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
The Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS) is an easy-to-use assessment tool to evaluate the effectiveness of palliative care. There is no published literature on the use of POS as an assessment tool in Malaysia.