Interpersonal factors predict increased desire for hastened death in late-stage cancer patients

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-69

  Ransom, Sean ^a,c   Sacco, William P ^a   Weitzner, Michael A ^b   Azzarello, Lora M ^a   McMillan, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Helios Pain and Psychiatry Center   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER DEMANDS SCALE; DEPRESSION; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHEDULE OF ATTITUDES TOWARD HASTENED DEATH; SPOUSE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TERMINAL CARE; VOLITION;

EID: 33644533177     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm3101_10     Document Type: Article

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