Illness-Related Hopelessness in Advanced Cancer: Influence of Anxiety, Depression, and Preparatory Grief

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-147

  Mystakidou, Kyriaki ^a,b,c   Tsilika, Eleni ^a,b,c   Parpa, Efi ^a,b,c   Athanasouli, Paraskevi ^a,b,c   Galanos, Antonis ^a,b,c   Anna, Pagoropoulou ^a,b,c   Vlahos, Lambros ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b School of Psychology ^*  (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOSPICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOSPICES; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949141347     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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