The end-of-life phase of high-grade glioma patients: Dying with dignity?

Oncologist

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 198-203

  Sizoo, Eefje M ^a   Taphoorn, Martin J B ^a,b   Uitdehaag, Bernard ^a   Heimans, Jan J ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,c   Reijneveld, Jaap C ^a,d   Pasman, H Roeline W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dignity; End of life; High grade glioma; Quality of care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIGHT TO DIE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874362504     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2012-0247     Document Type: Article

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