Good death in cancer care: A nationwide quantitative study

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1090-1097

  Miyashita, M ^a   Sanjo, M ^a   Morita, T ^b   Hirai, K ^c   Uchitomi, Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Seirei Mikatahara Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitude to death; Good death; Hospice; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34447302876     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm068     Document Type: Article

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