End of Life Experience of Symptom Cluster and Their Management in Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Lung Cancer Who Receive Palliative Radiotherapy

End of Life Experience of Symptom Cluster and Their Management in Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Lung Cancer Who Receive Palliative Radiotherapy

Breathlessness, fatigue, and anxiety are distressing symptoms for patients with advanced lung cancer, however, they are not relieved by palliative RT and are often viewed as neglected areas of clinical practice. This paper aims to review definitions of, and explore patients’ experiences of, breathle...

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Main Authors: Y.Y. CHUI, S.Y. CHAIR, Carmen W.H. CHAN
Format: Article
Language:zho
Published: Chinese Anti-Cancer Association; Chinese Antituberculosis Association 2009-05-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer
Subjects:
End of life care
lung neoplasms
Palliative radiotherapy
Fatigue
Anxiety
Breathlessness
Symptom cluster
Psychoeducational intervention
Online Access:http://www.lungca.org/index.php?journal=01&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=10.3779%2Fj.issn.1009-3419.2009.05.018&path%5B%5D=813

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