A pilot randomised controlled trial to reduce suffering and emotional distress in patients with advanced cancer

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-145

  Lloyd Williams, Mari ^a   Cobb, Mark ^a   O'Connor, Christina ^a   Dunn, Laurie ^a   Shiels, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Clinical trial; Depression; Hospice; Palliative care; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; MYELOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876959525     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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