Time expenditure in patient-related care provided by specialist palliative care nurses in a community hospice service

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 719-726

  Weber, Martin ^a   Grohmann, Lieselotte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b Community Hospice Service ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Community hospice service; Home care; Macmillan nurse; Specialist nurse in palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; NURSING; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REGISTRATION; RELATIVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 10644290241     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216304pm943oa     Document Type: Article

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