Psychosocial and spiritual problems of terminally ill patients in Kerala, India

Future Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1183-1191

  Elsner, Frank ^a   Schmidt, Johanna ^a   Rajagopal, M R ^b   Radbruch, Lukas ^c,d   Pestinger, Martina ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d Malteser Hospital Bonn   (Germany)

Author keywords

communication; family; India; Kerala; palliative care; psychosocial problems; qualitative study; terminally ill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEOPLASM; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84867057650     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.12.97     Document Type: Article

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