Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 671-683 , November 2010

The Care Strategy for Families of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Who Become Unable to Take Nourishment Orally: Recommendations from a Nationwide Survey of Bereaved Family Members' Experiences

  • Akemi Yamagishi, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Adult Nursing/Palliative Care Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Nursing Division, National Cancer Center East Hospital, Kashiwa, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Akemi Yamagishi, RN, PhD, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
    • ,
  • Tatsuya Morita, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Palliative Care Team and Seirei Hospice, Seirei Mikatahara Hospital, Shizuoko, Japan
    • ,
  • Mitsunori Miyashita, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Tohoku University School of Health Sciences, Miyagi, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazuki Sato, RN, MHlthSci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Adult Nursing/Palliative Care Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Nursing, Tohoku University School of Health Sciences, Miyagi, Japan
    • ,
  • Satoru Tsuneto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Palliative Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuo Shima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Palliative Medicine, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan

,Accepted 25 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.02.025

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 671-683 , November 2010

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