Health-related quality of life in patients with advanced cancer who express a wish to hasten death: A comparative study.

Iris CrespoAndrea Rodríguez-PratCristina Monforte-RoyoKeith G WilsonDeborah Moreno-AlonsoAlbert Balaguer

Published in: Palliative medicine (2020)

Patients with wish to hasten death showed lower perceived dignity, self-efficacy and emotional quality of life than patients without wish to hasten death without necessarily perceiving worse physical symptoms.

Keyphrases

advanced cancer
palliative care
end stage renal disease
physical activity
mental health
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
depressive symptoms
social support
sleep quality