Terminal patients' awareness of impending death: The impact upon requesting adequate care

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-247

  Francke, Anneke L ^a   Willems, Dick L ^b,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Awareness of dying; Cancer patients; Care demands; Palliative care; Terminal care; Terminal patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE; SYMPTOM; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AWARENESS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINALLY ILL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19544390166     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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