Determinants of death anxiety in patients with advanced cancer

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 373-380

  Neel, Caroline ^a   Lo, Chris ^a,b   Rydall, Anne ^a   Hales, Sarah ^a,b   Rodin, Gary ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84947921181     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000420     Document Type: Article

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