The quality and adequacy of care received at home in the last 3 months of life by people who died following a stroke: A retrospective survey of surviving family and friends using the Views of Informal Carers Evaluation of Services questionnaire

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 419-428

  Young, Amanda J ^a   Rogers, Angie ^a   Addington Hall, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; End of life care; Palliative care; Provision of care; Satisfaction with care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 45749153043     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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