Validation of the caregiving at life's end questionnaire

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 188-194

  Salmon, Jennifer R ^a   Kwak, Jung ^a   Acquaviva, Kimberly D ^b   Egan, Kathleen A ^a   Brandt, Katherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Closure; Comfort; End of life care; Hospice; Needs assessment; Questionnaire; Self acceptance; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 19744366953     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990910502200307     Document Type: Article

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