Are we getting it right? Parent's perceptions of hospice child bereavement support services

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 401-407

  Wilkinson, Susie ^a   Croy, P ^a   King, M ^a   Barnes, J ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Childhood; Family; Hospice; Palliative care service

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; FAMILY COUNSELING; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED KINGDOM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34547869201     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307078504     Document Type: Article

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