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- Title
Factors affecting the improvement of quality of dying of terminally ill patients with cancer through palliative care: a ten-year experience.
- Authors
Cheng, Shao-Yi; Dy, Sydney; Hu, Wen-Yu; Chen, Ching-Yu; Chiu, Tai-Yuan
- Abstract
Achieving a good death is the ultimate goal of palliative medicine. Yet, very few studies have investigated factors affecting improvement in quality of dying. We therefore conducted a study to evaluate these factors in terminally ill Taiwanese cancer patients treated in a multidisciplinary palliative care unit.
- Publication
Journal of palliative medicine, 2012, Vol 15, Issue 8, p854
- ISSN
1557-7740
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1089/jpm.2012.0033