Characteristics of terminal cancer patients who committed suicide during a home palliative care program

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 544-553

  Filiberti, Antonio ^a   Ripamonti, Carla ^b   Totis, Amadio ^b   Ventafridda, Vittorio ^a   De Conno, Franco ^b   Contiero, Paolo ^b   Tamburini, Marcello ^b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Home care; Palliative care; Suicide; Terminal patients; Vulnerability factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0034969394     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(01)00295-0     Document Type: Article

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