Spiritual beliefs near the end of life: A prospective cohort study of people with cancer receiving palliative care

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2505-2512

  King, Michael ^a   Llewellyn, Henry ^a   Leurent, Baptiste ^a   Owen, Faye ^a   Leavey, Gerard ^a   Tookman, Adrian ^a,b   Jones, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; end of life; oncology; religion; spirituality; wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BELIEFS AND VALUES SCALE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

CANCER; END-OF-LIFE; ONCOLOGY; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886442470     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3313     Document Type: Article

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