Palliative care units in the netherlands: changes in patients' functional status and symptoms  Michael A. Echteld, PhD, Luc Deliens, PhD, Gerrit van der Wal, MD, PhD, Marcel E. Ooms, MD, PhD, Miel W. Ribbe, MD, PhD  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 233-243 (September 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.12.019 Copyright © 2004 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Survival times of patients who died in the PCUs. Median survival time was 14 days (SD=32.7). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2004 28, 233-243DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.12.019) Copyright © 2004 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Mean scores of pain, nausea, shortness of breath, depression, and anxiety for all patients and within three patient groups. ∗t-test, P ≤ 0.05; ∗∗t-test, P ≤ 0.01. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2004 28, 233-243DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.12.019) Copyright © 2004 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions