Community-based palliative care for Bangladeshi patients in east London. Accounts of bereaved carers

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-129

  Spruyt, Odette ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Ethnic groups; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; BEREAVEMENT; BURIAL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032906879     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921699667569476     Document Type: Article

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