Patient awareness of prognosis, patient-family caregiver congruence on the preferred place of death, and caregiving burden of families contribute to the quality of life for terminally ill cancer patients in Taiwan

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1202-1209

  Tang, Siew Tzuh ^a,d   Liu, Tsang Wu ^b   Tsai, Chun Ming ^c   Wang, Cheng Hsu ^d   Chang, Gee Chen ^e   Liu, Li Ni ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Awareness of prognosis; Family caregiving burden; Oncology; Quality of life; Terminally ill cancer patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYING; FAMILY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PLACE OF DEATH; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AWARENESS; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049085908     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1343     Document Type: Article

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