Acute care palliative medicine: Psychosocial assessment of patients and primary caregivers

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 367-374

  Powazki, Ruth D ^a   Walsh, Declan ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Family relations; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Risk assessment; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032846828     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921699668067058     Document Type: Article

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