The meaning of self-reported death anxiety in advanced cancer

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 772-779

  Tong, Eryn ^a   Deckert, Amy ^a   Gani, Nina ^b   Nissim, Rinat ^a,c   Rydall, Anne ^a   Hales, Sarah ^a,c   Rodin, Gary ^a,c   Lo, Chris ^a,c,d  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective symptoms; anxiety; end of life; neoplasms; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AWARENESS; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH AND DYING DISTRESS SCALE; DEATH ANXIETY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84981356854     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216316628780     Document Type: Article

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