The role of physical and psychological symptoms in desire for death: a study of terminally ill cancer patients

The current study assessed the attitudes of the desire for hastened death in terminally ill cancer patients and whether these are determined by their physical and psychological symptoms. The final sample consisted of 106 terminally ill cancer patients attending a Palliative Care Unit, in University...

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Published in:Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) England), 2006-04, Vol.15 (4), p.355-360
Main Authors: Mystakidou, Kyriaki, Parpa, Efi, Katsouda, Emmanuela, Galanos, Antonis, Vlahos, Lambros
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Attitude to Death
Cancer
Critical Illness - psychology
Death & dying
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - etiology
Depression - psychology
Fatigue - epidemiology
Fatigue - etiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - psychology
oncology
Pain - epidemiology
Pain - etiology
Pain - psychology
Palliative Care
Psychological distress
Stress
Surveys and Questionnaires
Symptoms
terminal illness
Terminal illnesses
Terminally ill people
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Summary:The current study assessed the attitudes of the desire for hastened death in terminally ill cancer patients and whether these are determined by their physical and psychological symptoms. The final sample consisted of 106 terminally ill cancer patients attending a Palliative Care Unit, in University of Athens, Greece, between June and October 2004. Significant associations were found between the desire for hastened death (D.H.D.) and ‘pain’ (r=0.469, p
ISSN:1057-9249
1099-1611
DOI:10.1002/pon.972