Palliative care at home: Carers and medication management

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-356

  Anderson, Barbara A ^a,b   Kralik, Debbie ^a,b  

^a Royal District Nursing Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community care; Medication administration; Palliative care; Subcutaneous

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LITERATURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 56349171788     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951508000552     Document Type: Article

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