What do patients receiving palliative care for cancer and their families want to be told? A Canadian and Australian qualitative study

BMJ

Volumn 328, Issue 7452, 2004, Pages 1343-

  Kirk, Peter ^a   Kirk, Ingrid ^b   Kristjanson, Linda J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Victoria Hospice Society   (Canada)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY; HUMANS; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85007659009     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38103.423576.55     Document Type: Article

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