Perspectives on death and an afterlife in relation to quality of life, depression, and hopelessness in cancer patients without evidence of disease and advanced cancer patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1048-1059

  Van Laarhoven, Hanneke W M ^a,c   Schilderman, Johannes ^c   Verhagen, Constans A H H V M ^a,b   Vissers, Kris C ^a   Prins, Judith ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Oost   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

afterlife; Death; depression; hopelessness; palliative care; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79957659850     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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