Changes in self-reported distress in end-of-life pediatric cancer patients and their parents using the pediatric distress thermometer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 592-596

  Patel, Sunita K ^a,b   Fernandez, Nathanial ^a   Wong, Andrew L ^a   Mullins, Wendy ^a   Turk, Anne ^b   Dekel, Noya ^b   Smith, Mackenzie ^a   Ferrell, Betty ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Supportive Care Medicine City of Hope ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; distress thermometer; end of life; palliative care; parents; pediatric

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC DISTRESS THERMOMETER; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; THERMOMETER; ADOLESCENT; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897973539     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3469     Document Type: Letter

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