Primary concerns of advanced cancer patients identified through the structured life review process: A qualitative study using a text mining technique

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-271

  Ando, Michiyo ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   O'Connor, Stephen J ^c  

^a ST MARY S COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Death and dying; Disease stage; Gender; Life review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX FACTORS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34848864525     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951507000430     Document Type: Article

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