Depression, hopelessness, and desire for hastened death in terminally ill patients with cancer

JAMA

Volumn 284, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 2907-2911

  Breitbart, William ^a   Rosenfeld, Barry ^b   Pessin, Hayley ^a   Kaim, Monique ^a   Funesti Esch, Julie ^a   Galietta, Michele ^b   Nelson, Christian J ^a   Brescia, Robert ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Calvary Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034645559     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.22.2907     Document Type: Article

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