Viewing patient need through professional writings: A systematic 'ethnographic' review of palliative care professionals' experiences of caring for people with cancer at the end of life

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-18

  McDermott, E ^a   Bingley, A F ^a   Thomas, C ^a   Payne, S ^b   Seymour, J ^c   Clark, D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Cancer; Diversity; Palliative; Patients

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; WRITING;

EID: 34249045728     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096992606X93362     Document Type: Review

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