Association between Bereaved Families' Sense of Security and Their Experience of Death in Cancer Patients: Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 926-932

  Igarashi, Ayumi ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^b   Morita, Tatsuya ^c   Akizuki, Nobuya ^d   Akiyama, Miki ^e   Shirahige, Yutaka ^f   Sato, Kazuki ^b   Yamamoto Mitani, Noriko ^a   Eguchi, Kenji ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Shirahige Clinic   (Japan)

^g TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

end of life care; experience of bereaved family; Key Words Sense of security; quality of care; regional health care system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSE OF SECURITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954285840     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.11.015     Document Type: Article

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