A survey of the perspectives of specialist palliative care providers in the UK of inpatient respite

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 692-697

  Payne, Sheila ^a   Ingleton, C ^a   Scott, G ^a   Steele, K ^a   Nolan, M ^a   Carey, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Respite care; Respite services; Specialist palliative care; Survey questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MANAGER; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPITE CARE;

EID: 10644237945     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216304pm951oa     Document Type: Article

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