Caregivers' active role in palliative home care - To encourage or to dissuade? A qualitative descriptive study

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Weibull, Anna ^a   Olesen, Frede ^b   Neergaard, Mette Asbjoern ^b  

^a General Practice ^*  (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 52649151787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-7-15     Document Type: Article

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