An evaluation of Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit from a family caregiver's perspective at end of life

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Crooks, Valorie A ^a   Williams, Allison ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; FAMILY LEAVE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 51649086215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-7-14     Document Type: Article

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