Usefulness of the leaflet-based intervention for family members of terminally ill cancer patients with delirium

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 419-422

  Otani, Hiroyuki ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   Uno, Satsuki ^c   Yamamoto, Ryo ^d   Hirose, Hikaru ^e   Matsubara, Tatsuhiro ^f   Takigawa, Chizuko ^g   Sasaki, Kazuyoshi ^h  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Niikuni Naika Clinic   (Japan)

^d Nagano Prefectural Federation of Agricultural Cooperative for Health and Welfare   (Japan)

^e Shimada Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^f Kawasaki Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^g KKR Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

^h HAMAMATSU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIRIUM; DYING; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAMPHLETS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84875871419     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0401     Document Type: Article

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