Does awareness of terminal status influence survival and quality of life in terminally ill cancer patients?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2206-2213

  Kim, Seon Young ^a   Kim, Jae Min ^b   Kim, Sung Wan ^b   Shin, Il Seon ^b   Bae, Kyung Yeol ^b   Shim, Hyun Jeong ^b   Hwang, Jun Eul ^b   Bae, Woo Kyun ^b   Cho, Sang Hee ^b   Chung, Ik Joo ^b   Yoon, Jin Sang ^b  

^a Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

disclosure; oncology; palliative care; quality of life; survival; terminal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MOOD; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT CANCER; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84885313617     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3275     Document Type: Article

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