Dying cancer patients: Choices at the end of life

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 94-98

  Severson, Kirsten Toverud ^a,b  

^a FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Depression; Euthanasia; Pain management; Physician assisted suicide; Spiritual concerns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SUICIDE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 0030816402     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(97)00110-3     Document Type: Article

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