Can the experience of caring at home affect carers' retrospective evaluation of community care services?

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-185

  Fakhoury, Walid K H ^a,b   McCarthy, Mark ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HIV Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Home care; Informal carers; Quality of cae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNITY CARE; DYING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0031827881     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02839319850162940     Document Type: Article

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