Feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of Dignity Therapy for older people in care homes: A phase II randomized controlled trial of a brief palliative care psychotherapy

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 703-712

  Hall, Sue ^a   Goddard, Cassie ^a   Opio, Diana ^b   Speck, Peter ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; care home; palliative care; psychotherapy; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGNITIY THERAPY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF;

EID: 84863187664     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311418145     Document Type: Article

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