The level of and relation between hope, hopelessness and fatigue in patients and family members in palliative care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-240

  Benzein, Eva G ^a,b   Berg, Agneta C ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family members; Fatigue; Herth Hope Index; Hope; Hopelessness; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 18744396731     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216305pm1003oa     Document Type: Article

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