The Hard Work of Living in the Face of Death

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-274

  Coyle, Nessa ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; communication; facing death; hope; living dying; phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; SAFETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33747882414     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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