Value of religious care for relief of psycho-existential suffering in Japanese terminally ill cancer patients: The perspective of bereaved family members

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 750-755

  Ando, Michiyo ^a   Kawamura, Ryo ^b   Morita, Tatsuya ^c   Hirai, Kei ^b   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^d   Okamoto, Takuya ^e   Shima, Yasuo ^f  

^a ST MARY S COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Seirei Mikatahara Hospital   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Toya Onsen Hospital   (Japan)

^f TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Japanese bereaved family; Oncology; Palliative care; Religious care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RELIGION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PASTORAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SICK ROLE; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77954168995     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1625     Document Type: Article

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