Providing a children's palliative care service in the community through fixed-term grants: The staff perspective

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 619-624

  Beringer, Antonia J ^a   Eaton, N M ^a   Jones, G L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Lifetime Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community children's nursing; Empirical qualitative research; Palliative care; Service provision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FAMILY SERVICE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEAMWORK; TELEPHONE;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; ENGLAND; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34548241218     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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