Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of dignity therapy for people with advanced cancer referred to a hospital-based palliative care team: Study protocol

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hall, Sue ^a   Edmonds, Polly ^b   Harding, Richard ^a   Chochinov, Harvey ^c   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 67651149866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-8-5     Document Type: Article

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