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Peer reviewedKellehear, Allan; Lewin, Terry – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1989
Interviewed 100 terminally ill cancer patients to examine farewells made before the interview and those desired and planned but not yet completed. Most patients (81 percent) desired to farewell; most wanted farewell to occur late in course of their dying. Prominent in preferred styles of farewells were the gift, conversation, and letter.…
Descriptors: Cancer, Death, Family Relationship, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedViney, Linda L.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Compared quality of life of terminal cancer patients (n=182) in two palliative care units with that of those in general hospital. Patients in specialized palliative care units were found to differ from those dying in hospital, showing less indirectly expressed anger but more positive feelings. They also reported more anxiety about death but less…
Descriptors: Cancer, Death, Foreign Countries, Hospices (Terminal Care)
