Titre : | Suicide among patients with cancer cared for at home by palliative-care teams. (1999) |
Auteurs : | C. RIPAMONTI ; F. DE CONNO ; A. Filiberti ; M. TAMBURINI ; A. TOTIS ; Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Division. National Cancer Institute. Milan. ITA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Lancet (The) (vol. 354, n° 9193, 1999) |
Pagination : | 1877-1878 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Suicide ; Association ; Facteur risque ; Soins palliatifs ; Programme santé ; Evaluation ; Homme ; Système nerveux [pathologie] ; Santé mentale ; Cancer ; Réanimation |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST VR0xP365. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Patients with terminal cancer are thought to be at high risk of committing suicide. In a population of 17 964 patients with terminal cancer cared for at home by 12 paillative-care teams, five patients committed suiclde. We speculate that continuing care made up by symptomatic treatment and psychosocial support given to these patients may reduce the risk. |