The development of palliative care knowledge in care homes for older people: The place of action research

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 835-843

  Hockley, Jo ^a   Froggatt, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Long term care; Nursing homes; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33845988752     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216306073111     Document Type: Article

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