Effect of dignity therapy on distress and end-of-life experience in terminally ill patients: a randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 753-762

  Chochinov, Harvey Max ^a,b   Kristjanson, Linda J ^d,e,f   Breitbart, William ^g   McClement, Susan ^a,b   Hack, Thomas F ^a,c   Hassard, Tom ^a   Harlos, Mike ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit   (Canada)

^c Swinburne University of Technology ^*  (Canada)

^d SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGNITY THERAPY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY SPIRITUAL WELL BEING SCALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT DIGNITY INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW FOR SYMPTOMS AND CONCERNS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960890891     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70153-X     Document Type: Article

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