Do palliative patients and carers agree about patients' psychological functioning?

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-74

  Robinson, Julie Ann ^a   Crawford, Gregory Brian ^b,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Mary Potter Hospice   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Collateral source; Depression; Palliative; Proxy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77952423245     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509990721     Document Type: Article

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