Family support for hospice caregivers

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 315-323

  Patterson, Lisa B ^a   Dorfman, Lorraine T ^b  

^a Hospice of Dubuque   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; aromatherapy; art therapy; complementary therapies; end of life care; hospice; hypnotherapy; massage; music therapy; quality of life; reflexology; Reiki; therapeutic touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0036729190     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990910201900507     Document Type: Article

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