Assessment of suffering in advanced cancer patients;Valoración del sufrimiento en pacientes con cáncer avanzado

Psicooncologia

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 257-264

  Krikorian, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Assessment in palliative care; Cancer; Measurement tools in Palliative Care; Palliative Care; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FATIGUE; FEAR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 58149314162     PISSN: 16967240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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