Knowledge and Beliefs About End-of-Life Care and the Effects of Specialized Palliative Care: A Population-Based Survey in Japan

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 306-316

  Morita, Tatsuya ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^a   Shibagaki, Makiko ^a   Hirai, Kei ^a   Ashiya, Tomoko ^a   Ishihara, Tatsuhiko ^a   Matsubara, Tatsuhiro ^a   Miyoshi, Izuru ^a   Nakaho, Toshimichi ^a   Nakashima, Nobuaki ^a   Onishi, Hideki ^a   Ozawa, Taketoshi ^a   Suenaga, Kazuyuki ^a   Tajima, Tsukasa ^a   Akechi, Tatsuo ^a   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^a  

^a SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barriers; end of life care; family; neoplasms; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; JAPAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33646490439     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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