Experiences of end-of-life care in community hospitals

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 494-501

  Payne, Sheila ^a   Hawker, Sheila ^b   Kerr, Chris ^b   Seamark, David ^c   Roberts, Helen ^b   Jarrett, Nikki ^b   Smith, Helen ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Honiton Group Practice

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death and dying; Elderly people; End of life care; Hospital; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34547731483     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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