Background Patients with advanced cancer have reduced quality of life, which tends to
worsen towards the end of life. We assessed the effect of early palliative care in patients with …

Purpose This study assesses psychological distress among advanced cancer patients and
their spouse caregivers, while examining the relative contribution of caregiving burden and …

Background Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and eating disorders are relatively
common among young women in North America. Their coexistence could lead to poor …

Objective: determine the prevalence of eating disorders in adolescent females with type 1
diabetes mellitus compared with that in their non-diabetic peers. Design: Cross sectional case-…

Background: Disordered eating attitudes and behaviours are common in older teens and
young women in Western countries. Recent evidence suggests that the prevalence of these …

We tested a model in which psychosocial and disease-related variables act as multiple
protective and risk factors for psychological distress in patients with metastatic cancer. We …

Background. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychosocial impact of disfigurement,
gender, and social support after surgical treatment of head and neck cancer. Method. …

Depressive symptoms and syndromes are common in the medically ill, although they are
frequently unrecognized and untreated. The authors review the epidemiology, differential …

Stress response syndromes have begun to receive research attention in cancer, including
melanoma, Hodgkin’s disease, breast cancer, and mixed-diagnosis samples. This paper …

Context Specialized palliative care teams are increasingly providing care for the terminally ill.
However, the impact of such teams on quality of life, satisfaction with care, and economic …