Open AccessCoping styles and life satisfaction in palliative care
Author(s) -
Rajat Garg,
Vinay Singh Chauhan,
B Sabreen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_63_18
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , denial , palliative care , clinical psychology , medicine , life satisfaction , psychology , nursing , psychotherapist
Patients in palliative care suffer variously due to underassessment of needs and suboptimal intervention, coupled with lack of access to palliative care. This study attempts to identify effective coping strategies which lead to life satisfaction, among those afflicted with terminal cancer.