End-of-life caregivers' perception of medical and psychological support during the final weeks of glioma patients: A questionnaire-based survey

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1251-1256

  Heese, Oliver ^a,b   Vogeler, Eva ^a   Martens, Tobias ^a   Schnell, Oliver ^b   Tonn, Jörg Christian ^b   Simon, Matthias ^c   Schramm, Johannes ^c   Krex, Dietmar ^d   Schackert, Gabriele ^d   Reithmeier, Thomas ^e   Nikkhah, Guido ^e   Sabel, Michael ^f   Steiger, Hans Jakob ^f   Schlegel, Uwe ^g   Löffler, Markus ^h   Weller, Michael ⁱ   Westphal, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

glioma; palliative care; supportive therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAREGIVER ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSPHAGIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE;

GLIOMA; PALLIATIVE CARE; SUPPORTIVE THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883157827     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/not089     Document Type: Article

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