'Someone to talk to' and 'pain control': What people expect from a specialist palliative care team

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-144

  Jarrett, N ^a   Payne, S ^a   Turner, P ^a   Hillier, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Palliative care; Patient care; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; RELATIVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0032906524     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921699669165706     Document Type: Article

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