Trajectories of the multidimensional dying experience for terminally ill cancer patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 863-874

  Tang, Siew T ^a   Liu, Li N ^b   Lin, Kuan Chia ^c   Chung, Jui Hung ^c   Hsieh, Chia Hsun ^d   Chou, Wen Chi ^d   Su, Po Jung ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

functional dependence; post traumatic growth; psychological distress; quality of life; sense of burden to others; symptom distress; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYING; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALISM; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84911430729     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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