Professional carers' experiences of providing a pediatric palliative care service in Ireland

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1219-1231

  Clarke, Jean ^a   Quin, Suzanne ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Life limiting conditions; Parents; Pediatric palliative care; Professional carers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED CHILDREN; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; IRELAND; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 35548988400     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307308316     Document Type: Article

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