Another form to fill in! Clients' reflections on the hospice use of questionnaires

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 691-701

  McGrath, Pam ^a,c   Moore, Alex ^b   McNaught, Meg ^b   Palmer, Gail ^b   Greene, Anne ^b   Atkinson, Dawn ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b McGrath Research ^*  (Australia)

^c McGrath Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Client satisfaction; Hospice; Qualitative research; Questionnaires; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 26444568235     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0795-6     Document Type: Article

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