Quality of life in hospice patients with terminal illness

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-128

  Tang, Woung Ru ^a   Aaronson, Lauren S ^b   Forbes, Sarah A ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Patients with terminal illness; Quality of life; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 1542402275     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945903259207     Document Type: Article

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