End-of-life care in community hospitals: The perceptions of bereaved family members

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 541-547

  Hawker, Sheila ^a   Kerr, Chris ^a   Payne, Sheila ^b   Seamark, David ^c   Davis, Carol ^d   Roberts, Helen ^d   Jarrett, Nicola ^a   Roderick, Paul ^d   Smith, Helen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Honiton Group Practice   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereaved carers; Community hospitals; End of life; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOISE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK EXPERIENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; ENGLAND; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33746905148     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216306pm1170oa     Document Type: Article

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