The caregivers' perspective on the end-of-life phase of glioblastoma patients

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 403-411

  Flechl, Birgit ^a   Ackerl, Michael ^a   Sax, Cornelia ^a   Oberndorfer, Stefan ^b   Calabek, Bernadette ^c   Sizoo, Eefje ^d   Reijneveld, Jaap ^d   Crevenna, Richard ^a   Keilani, Mohammad ^a   Gaiger, Alexander ^a   Dieckmann, Karin ^a   Preusser, Matthias ^a   Taphoorn, Martin J B ^d   Marosi, Christine ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Karl Landsteiner Institute for Implementation of Innovative Techniques in Cardiac Surgery   (Austria)

^c KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caregivers' burden; End of life care; Glioblastoma; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BURNOUT; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84885066953     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-013-1069-7     Document Type: Article

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