International comparison study on the primary concerns of terminally ill cancer patients in short-term life review interviews among Japanese, Koreans, and Americans

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-355

  Ando, Michiyo ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   Ahn, Sung Hee ^c   Marquez Wong, Felicia ^d   Ide, Saburo ^a  

^a ST MARY S COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d St Francis Community Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

International comparison; Psychotherapy; Short Term Life Review; Spiritual well being; Terminally ill patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECALL; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JAPAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL VALUES; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449113018     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509990289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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