Effectiveness of using clinical guidelines for conducting palliative care family meetings in Japan

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-58

  Fukui, Mieko ^a   Iwase, Satoru ^a   Sakata, Naoko ^a   Kuroda, Yujiro ^a   Yoshiuchi, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakagawa, Keiichi ^a   Quinn, Karen ^b   Hudson, Peter L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Palliative care; Primary family carers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84874117387     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1491-y     Document Type: Article

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