Important needs of families in acute and palliative care settings assessed with the Family Inventory of Needs

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-432

  Fridriksdottir, N ^a,b   Sigurdardottir, V ^a   Gunnarsdottir, S ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Acute care settings; End of life; Family; Family inventory of needs; Family needs; Needs; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY INVENTORY OF NEEDS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 33746107687     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216306pm1148oa     Document Type: Article

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