Differential patient-caregiver opinions of treatment and care for advanced lung cancer patients

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1155-1158

  Zhang, Amy Y ^a   Zyzanski, Stephen J ^a   Siminoff, Laura A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Decision making; Depression; Family disagreement; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CLEVELAND [OHIO]; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950048547     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.023     Document Type: Article

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