An approach to understanding the interaction of hope and desire for explicit prognostic information among individuals with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or advanced cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 610-620

  Curtis, J Randall ^a,b   Engelberg, Ruth ^a   Young, Jessica P ^a   Vig, Lisa K ^a   Reinke, Lynn F ^a   Wenrich, Marjorie D ^a   McGrath, Barbara ^a   McCown, Ellen ^a   Back, Anthony L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 43049123808     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0209     Document Type: Article

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