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Measuring Depression at the End of Life: Is the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale a Valid Instrument?
Direct linkOlden, Megan; Rosenfeld, Barry; Pessin, Hayley; Breitbart, William – Assessment, 2009
Depression at the end of life is a common mental health issue with serious implications for quality of life and decision making. This study investigated the reliability and validity of one of the most frequently used measures of depression, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) in 422 patients with terminal cancer admitted to a palliative…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Validity, Suicide, Rating Scales
Peer reviewedStephens, Ronald L.; Grady, Rosemary – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1992
Notes that, in survey of 50 cancer patients offered living wills, 6 individuals declined to sign advance directives. Contains detailed evaluation of each of six cases. Discusses potential value of living wills in context of other, newer forms of advance directives, such as durable power of attorney for health care, and more detailed living will…
Descriptors: Cancer, Death, Decision Making, Individual Power
