Patient perspectives on participation in the ENABLE II randomized controlled trial of a concurrent oncology palliative care intervention: Benefits and burdens

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 375-383

  Maloney, Cristine ^a,b   Lyons, Kathleen Doyle ^c   Li, Zhongze ^d   Hegel, Mark ^c   Ahles, Tim A ^e   Bakitas, Marie ^a,f  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Gifford Medical Center   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

intervention study; palliative care; Qualitative study; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURTURING BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REASSURANCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84876535075     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216312445188     Document Type: Article

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