What are patients' priorities for palliative care research? Focus group study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-225

  Perkins, Paul ^a,d   Barclay, S ^b   Booth, S ^c  

^a HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Sue Ryder Care St John's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focus group; Palliative; Qualitative; Research; User involvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34250692007     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307077353     Document Type: Article

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