Confronting death: Perceptions of a good death in adults with lung cancer

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Hughes, Travonia ^a   Schumacher, Mitzi ^a   Jacobs Lawson, Joy M ^a   Arnold, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment to death; Last wishes; Patient death preferences; Patient perceptions of death; Terminal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849095325     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909107307377     Document Type: Article

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