Measuring the regret of bereaved family members regarding the decision to admit cancer patients to palliative care units

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 926-931

  Shiozaki, Mariko ^a   Hirai, K ^a   Dohke, R ^b   Morita, T ^c   Miyashita, M ^d   Sato, K ^d   Tsuneto, S ^e   Shima, Y ^f   Uchitomi, Y ^g  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Decision making; Oncology; Regret; The bereaved family

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 53349102167     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1312     Document Type: Article

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