TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pettifer, A
TI  - Weight loss within the process of dying : an exploration of the experience of weight loss among patients with advanced cancer
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Thesis (MSc)-University of London
KW  - Theses, Nursing
KW  - Weight Loss
KW  - Palliative Care
KW  - Neoplasms - Complications
N1  - Introduction ; Literature review ; Research design ; Constructs of weight loss ; Conclusions : implications of the study for future clinical practice and research ; References ; Appendices
N2  - 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
ER  -