On Sinking and Swimming: The Dialectic of Hope, Hopelessness, and Acceptance in Terminal Cancer

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-127

  Sachs, Emily ^a   Kolva, Elissa ^a   Pessin, Hayley ^b   Rosenfeld, Barry ^a   Breitbart, William ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acceptance; cancer; end of life; hope; hopelessness; terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN;

EID: 84874152728     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112445371     Document Type: Article

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