Patients with advanced cancer often experience multiple concurrent symptoms. To explore
this symptom clustering and its associated parameters, we prospectively surveyed 427 …

Background: Empirical data suggest that life review is an effective psychospiritual
intervention. However, it has not been applied to Chinese patients with advanced cancer …

Objective: Firearms are highly lethal when used for suicide and are used more frequently as
a suicide method by persons of older age. Individuals with terminal illness are at high risk for …

Aims. The aim of this study was to elicit patients' perceptions of their participation in a life
review programme for Chinese patients with advanced cancer. Background. Empirical data …

It is estimated that 6% of adults (1 in 17) are diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental
illness (SPMI)(http://www. census. gov/popest/national/asrh; Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005: 62 …

In this article, we synthesize current literature regarding the unmet needs of cancer patients,
with a specific focus on interventions that address psychosocial distress, social support, and …

目的探讨人生回顾对晚期癌症患者生存质量的影响. 方法选择晚期癌症患者80 例, 随机分成两组,
试验组接受人生回顾干预, 对照组接受常规照顾. 在干预前后分别测量两组的生存质量 …

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) provides the definition of pain
according to which pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with …

Cancer, the second leading cause of death both globally and in Turkey, has become a
priority among today's health problems. With the development of early diagnosis and …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines palliative care as 'the active total care of
patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment, where control of pain, of …