Living on borrowed time: Experiences in palliative care

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-386

  Groot, Marieke M ^a   Derksen, Els W C ^a   Crul, Ben J P ^a   Grol, Richard P T M ^a   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra J F J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Borrowed time; Palliative care; Psychosocial aspects; Qualitative research; Single case study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEAR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846930301     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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