Support of cancer patients' spiritual needs and associations with medical care costs at the end of life

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5383-5391

  Balboni, Tracy ^a,b   Balboni, Michael ^a,b   Paulk, M Elizabeth ^c   Phelps, Andrea ^a,b   Wright, Alexi ^a,b   Peteet, John ^a,b,d   Block, Susan ^a,b,d   Lathan, Chris ^a   Vanderweele, Tyler ^e   Prigerson, Holly ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life; medical costs; palliative care; spiritual care; spirituality religion; supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MINORITY GROUP; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL NEED; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80755177094     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26221     Document Type: Article

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