Treating depression in terminally ill patients can optimize their physical comfort at the end of life and provide them the opportunity to confront and prepare for death.

Geriatrics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 25-27

  Braun, Ursula K ^a   Kunik, Mark E ^a   Pham, Catherine ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47049115387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19365764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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