Relationships among communicative acts, social well-being, and spiritual well-being on the quality of life at the end of life in patients with cancer enrolled in hospice

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-25

  Prince Paul, Maryjo ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOVE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OHIO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 38149015614     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0119     Document Type: Article

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