Satisfaction with services among people with progressive neurological illnesses and their carers in Australia

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-215

  Mccabe, Marita P ^a   Roberts, Candice ^a   Firth, Lucy ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; Motor neurone disease; Multiple sclerosis; Parkinson's disease; Services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 48849085468     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2008.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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