Experiences of truth disclosure in terminally ill cancer patients in palliative home care

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-180

  Friedrichsen, Maria ^a,b,c   Lindholm, Ann ^c   Milberg, Anna ^b,d  

^a VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79956061715     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951511000046     Document Type: Article

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