End-of-life experiences of family caregivers of deceased patients with cancer: A nation-wide survey.

Kayo HirookaHiroyuki OtaniTatsuya MoritaTomofumi MiuraHiroki FukahoriMaho AoyamaYoshiyuki KizawaYasuo ShimaSatoru TsunetoMitsunori Miyashita

Published in: Psycho-oncology (2017)

Most family caregivers experienced worry and fear regarding minor children's emotional reaction; therefore, clinicians need to explain children's emotional and psychological reactions to family caregivers when a patient is at the end-of-life.

Keyphrases

young adults
mental health
case report
palliative care
cross sectional
kidney transplantation
sleep quality
prefrontal cortex