A prospective evaluation of Dignity Therapy in advanced cancer patients admitted to palliative care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 448-458

  Houmann, Lise J ^a   Chochinov, Harvey M ^b,c,d   Kristjanson, Linda J ^e   Petersen, Morten Aa ^a   Groenvold, Mogens ^a,f  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit   (Canada)

^d Patient and Family Support Services   (Canada)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; autobiography; dignity; evaluation; palliative care; Psychosocial support systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGNITY THERAPY; EMOTION; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT DIGNITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW FOR SYMPTOMS AND CONCERNS; COUNSELING; DENMARK; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONHOOD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUNSELING; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONHOOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84899073124     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313514883     Document Type: Article

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