To determine an underlying factorial structure of existential distress in Japanese terminally ill cancer patients, a principal components analysis was performed on 162 Japanese hospice inpatients. Existential distress commonly identified was dependency (39%), meaninglessness in present life (37%), h
Existential concerns of terminally ill cancer patients receiving specialized palliative care in Japan
โ Scribed by Tatsuya Morita; Masako Kawa; Yoshifumi Honke; Hiroyuki Kohara; Etsuko Maeyama; Yoshiyuki Kizawa; Tatsuo Akechi; Yosuke Uchitomi
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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