Wednesday 17 September 2014

What a wish to die can mean: reasons, meanings and functions of wishes to die, reported from 30 qualitative case studies of terminally ill cancer patients in palliative care

BMC Palliative Care, 2014, vol./is. 13/(38)
Ohnsorge K; Gudat H; Rehmann-Sutter C

The objective of this study is to explore the different possible motivations and explanations of patients who express or experience a WTD.The distinction between reasons, meanings and functions allows for a more detailed understanding of the motivation for the WTD statements of cancer patients in palliative care situations. Better understanding is crucial to support patients and their relatives in end-of-life care and decision making. 

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