Weight loss within the process of dying : an exploration of the experience of weight loss among patients with advanced cancer
Pettifer, A
Weight loss within the process of dying : an exploration of the experience of weight loss among patients with advanced cancer - Thesis (MSc)-University of London, 1999
Introduction ; Literature review ; Research design ; Constructs of weight loss ; Conclusions : implications of the study for future clinical practice and research ; References ; Appendices
This study concludes that weight loss is a significant source of distress for patients with advanced cancer and contributes to weakness and physical dependence, forces changes in self-image and identity and is a powerful signal of decline into advancing ill-health and death.
Theses, Nursing
Weight Loss
Palliative Care
Neoplasms - Complications
Weight loss within the process of dying : an exploration of the experience of weight loss among patients with advanced cancer - Thesis (MSc)-University of London, 1999
Introduction ; Literature review ; Research design ; Constructs of weight loss ; Conclusions : implications of the study for future clinical practice and research ; References ; Appendices
This study concludes that weight loss is a significant source of distress for patients with advanced cancer and contributes to weakness and physical dependence, forces changes in self-image and identity and is a powerful signal of decline into advancing ill-health and death.
Theses, Nursing
Weight Loss
Palliative Care
Neoplasms - Complications