A critical examination of home care: End of life care as an illustrative case

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2317-2327

  Exley, Catherine ^a   Allen, Davina ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caring division of labour; Dying; Home care; Nursing; Sociology; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; LABOR DIVISION; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DOMESTICATION; DYING; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 36048995272     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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