Perceptions of palliative care among patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers

CMAJ

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2016, Pages E217-E227

  Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b   Swami, Nadia ^a   Krzyzanowska, Monika ^a   Leighl, Natasha ^a   Rydall, Anne ^a   Rodin, Gary ^a,b   Tannock, Ian ^a   Hannon, Breffni ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84978410022     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.151171     Document Type: Article

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