End-of-life experiences and deathbed phenomena as reported by Brazilian healthcare professionals in different healthcare settings

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 425-433

  Santos, Claudia Soares Dos ^a   Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro ^b   Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero ^a   Paiva, Carlos Eduardo ^b   Fenwick, Peter ^c   Lucchetti, Giancarlo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b Barretos Cancer Hospital   (Brazil)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Deathbed phenomena; End of life experiences; Palliative care; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; CANCER CENTER; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; RELIGION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPIRITUALITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84997173162     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951516000869     Document Type: Article

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