A pilot study of transformation, attributed meanings to the illness, and spiritual well-being for terminally ill cancer patients

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Ando, Michiyo ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   Lee, Virginia ^c   Okamoto, Takuya ^d  

^a ST MARY S COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Toyo Onsen Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attributed meaning; Spiritual well being; Terminally ill cancer patients

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 56349122598     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951508000539     Document Type: Article

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