What do stroke patients and their carers want from community services?

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-136

  Hare, R ^a   Rogers, H ^a   Lester, H ^a   McManus, R J ^a   Mant, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Primary care; Psychological needs; Qualitative methods; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING; AUDIO RECORDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 37849187189     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi098     Document Type: Article

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