Congruence between Patients’ and Family Caregivers’ Perceptions of Symptom Distress in Patients with Terminal Cancer

SUZANNE NIKOlETTI, School of Nursing, Edith Cowan University, Churchlands, Western Australia, DAVINA POROCK, Cancer Care Nursing, University of Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom, MICHAEL SMITH, Palliative Care, Neringah Hospital, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia, MICHEllE lOSCHUK, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, PENDER PEDlER, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia, Australia Congruence Between Patients' and Fam.ily Caregivers' Perceptions of Symptom Distress in Patients with Terminal Cancer 24

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