The attitudes of brain cancer patients and their caregivers towards death and dying: A qualitative study

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lipsman, Nir ^a   Skanda, Abby ^a   Kimmelman, Jonathan ^b   Bernstein, Mark ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEATH; DYING; EUTHANASIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION;

EID: 38049177008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-6-7     Document Type: Article

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