Advanced cancer patients’ reported wishes at the end of life: a randomized controlled trial

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 4273-4281

  Delgado Guay, Marvin O ^a   Rodriguez Nunez, Alfredo ^b   De la Cruz, Vera ^a   Frisbee Hume, Susan ^a   Williams, Janet ^a   Wu, Jimin ^a   Liu, Diane ^a   Fisch, Michael J ^c   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c AIM Specialty Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Communication; Wishes at end of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; EDUCATION; END OF LIFE LIST OF WISHES CHECKLIST; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GO WISH CARD GAME; HUMAN; HUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TERMINAL CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84966602548     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3260-9     Document Type: Article

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