Family anxiety in advanced cancer: A multicentre prospective study in Ireland

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1211-1214

  Hodgson, C ^a   Higginson, I ^a   McDonnell, M ^b   Butters, E ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b St Gabriel's Ward   (Ireland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family anxiety; Palliative care; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030794867     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.535     Document Type: Article

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