Key stakeholders' experiences and views of the NHS End of Life Care Programme: Findings from a national evaluation

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-294

  Kennedy, Sheila ^a   Seymour, J ^a   Almack, K ^a   Cox, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End of life care; Evaluation; Inequalities; Interviews; Palliative care; Policy; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTERVIEW; MONITORING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 65949099127     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309104861     Document Type: Article

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