Coping, quality of life, depression, and hopelessness in cancer patients in a curative and palliative, end-of-life care setting

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-314

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

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Expert Centre Chronic Fatigue   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coping; Curative care; Depression; End of life care; Hopelessness; Palliative care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79959653422     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181f9a040     Document Type: Article

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