Informational and emotional support received by relatives before and after the cancer patient's death

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-58

  Eriksson, Elina ^a   Arve, Seija ^b   Lauri, Sirkka ^c  

^a City of Helsinki   (Finland)

^b TURKU CITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Death; Emotional support; Health care professionals; Informational support; Relative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 32044436115     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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