The existential impact of starting corticosteroid treatment as symptom control in advanced metastatic cancer

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-170

  Lundström, Staffan ^a,b   Furst C J ^a,b   Friedrichsen, M ^c,d   Strang, P ^a,b  

^a Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Corticosteroids; Existential; Palliative care; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; THREAT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62549112639     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308101486     Document Type: Article

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