A review of distress and its management in couples facing end-of-life cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 603-616

  McLean, Linda M ^a,b   Jones, Jennifer M ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Couple interventions; Couple therapy; End of life; Marital distress

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ANXIETY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNCERTAINTY;

HUMANS; MARITAL THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SPOUSES; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547533353     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1196     Document Type: Review

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