Next of kin's experience of powerlessness and helplessness in palliative home care

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-128

  Milberg, Anna ^a,d   Strang, Peter ^b   Jakobsson, Maria ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Helplessness; Next of kin; Palliative care; Powerlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HELPLESSNESS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES;

EID: 1242269329     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-003-0569-y     Document Type: Article

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