title: [Anxiety and terminal tumor disease].
abstract: Clinically relevant anxiety disorders are rare in terminally ill cancer patients. A variety of factors can cause symptoms of anxiety in this patient population, the imminence of death is not the most frequent reason. According to the results of a psychiatric evaluation, the physical examination and further diagnostic procedures, treatments can be effective in alleviating anxiety in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik C, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stiefel
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005086:Existentialism; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010327:Pastoral Care; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations