Effects of a problem-solving intervention (COPE) on quality of life for patients with advanced cancer on clinical trials and their caregivers: Simultaneous Care Educational Intervention (SCEI): Linking palliation and clinical trials

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-473

  Meyers, Frederick J ^a   Carducci, Michael ^b   Loscalzo, Matthew J ^c   Linder, John ^d   Greasby, Tamara ^d   Beckett, Laurel A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c City of Hope   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULTANEOUS CARE EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953906359     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0416     Document Type: Article

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