Distress in palliative care patients: Developing patient-centred approaches to clinical management

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1133-1138

  Lloyd Williams, Mari ^a   Reeve, Joanne ^a   Kissane, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demoralisation; Depression; Palliative care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 43449128832     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.02.032     Document Type: Article

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