Factors important to patients' quality of life at the end of life

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1133-1142

  Zhang, Baohui ^a   Nilsson, Matthew E ^a   Prigerson, Holly G ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PASTORAL CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865688877     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2364     Document Type: Article

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