The existential experiences of receiving soft tissue massage in palliative home care - An intervention

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1203-1211

  Cronfalk, Berit Seiger ^a,d,e   Strang, Peter ^a,e   Ternestedt, Britt Marie ^a,b   Friedrichsen, Maria ^c,e,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Vardal Institute   (Sweden)

^e Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^f VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CAM; Cancer; Massage; Palliative care; Patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE MASSAGE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 68949217295     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0575-1     Document Type: Article

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