The last three months of life of Italian cancer patients. Methods, sample characteristics and response rate of the Italian Survey of the Dying of Cancer (ISDOC)

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 628-638

  Costantini, Massimo ^a   Beccaro, Monica ^a   Merlo, Franco ^a   Sormani, Maria Pia ^a   Bruzzi, Paolo ^a   Morasso, Gabriella ^a   Di Leo, Silva ^a   Rosi, Paolo Giorgi ^b   Borgia, Piero ^b   Montella, Maurizio ^c   Grimaldi, Maria ^c   Paci, Eugenio ^d   Susini, Nicoletta ^d   Cecioni, Riccardo ^d   Miccinesi, Guido ^d   Pisanti, Renato ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Agency for Public Health   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^e Labos Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Health service research; Health survey; Neoplasms; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 31144463139     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216305pm1086oa     Document Type: Article

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