Palliative care for cancer patients in a primary health care setting: Bereaved relatives' experience, a qualitative group interview study

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Neergaard, Mette Asbjoern ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a   Jensen, Anders Bonde ^b   Sondergaard, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEOPLASM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELATIVE; RESPONSIBILITY; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 40349098934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-7-1     Document Type: Article

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