Dying cancer patients' experiences of powerlessness and helplessness (Supportive Care in Cancer DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0359-z);Dying cancer patients' experiences of powerlessness and helplessness

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 853-862

  Sand, Lisa ^a   Strang, Peter ^b   Milberg, Anna ^c,d  

^a Unit for Palliative Medicine and Advanced Medical Home Care   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Existential; Helplessness; Palliative care; Powerlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DYING; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HOME CARE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONELINESS; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POWERLESSNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 49949152008     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0462-9     Document Type: Erratum

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