Carers' health status: Is it associated with their evaluation of the quality of palliative care?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 296-301

  Fakhoury, Walid K H ^a   Mccarthy, Mark ^a   Addington Hall, Julia ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bereavement; carers; health status; palliative care; quality of care; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 26844530645     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349489702500413     Document Type: Article

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