A burden to others: A common source of distress for the terminally ill

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-123

  Wilson, Keith G ^a   Curran, Dorothyann ^a   McPherson, Christine J ^b  

^a Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Burden to others; Cancer; Depression; Dignity; Euthanasia; Palliative care; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 21044440734     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506070510008461     Document Type: Article

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