The relationship between hope and pain in a sample of hospitalized oncology patients

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-334

  Utne, Inger ^a,b   Miaskowski, Christine ^b,c   Bjordal, Kristin ^c   Paul, Steven M ^b   Jakobsen, Gunnhild ^d   Rustøen, Tone ^a,c  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Herth hope index; Hope; Oncology inpatients; Pain; Pain interference with function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 56349124788     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951508000527     Document Type: Article

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