Is dignity therapy feasible to enhance the end of life experience for people with motor neurone disease and their family carers?

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Is dignity therapy feasible to enhance the end of life experience for people with motor neurone disease and their family carers?

Background: Development of interventions that address psychosocial and existential distress in people with motor neurone disease (MND) or that alleviate caregiver burden in MND family carers have often been suggested in the research literature. Dignity therapy, which was developed to reduce psychoso...

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Main Authors:	Bentley, B., Aoun, Samar, O'Connor, Moira, Breen, Lauren, Chochinov, H.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
Online Access:	1380 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20951

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