Family caregivers' awareness of illness and attitude toward disclosure during chemotherapy for advanced cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1300-1306

  Kim, Soyeun ^a   Ko, Youngjin ^a   Kwon, Sinyoung ^a   Shin, Dong Yeop ^a   Kim, Cheol Hyeon ^b   Yang, Sung Hyun ^a   Cho, Seong Jin ^a   Na, Im ^a  

^a Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Radiation and Medical Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84918511380     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3565     Document Type: Article

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