Out-of-hours palliative care: A qualitative study of cancer patients, carers and professionals

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 522, 2006, Pages 6-13

  Worth, Allison ^a   Boyd, Kirsty ^b   Kendall, Marilyn ^b   Heaney, David ^c   Macleod, Una ^d   Cormie, Paul ^e   Hockley, Jo ^b   Murray, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e Stow Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Out of hours medical care; Palliative care; Primary health care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 30444432352     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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