Supporting lay carers in end of life care: Current gaps and future priorities

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-344

  Grande, Gunn ^a   Stajduhar, K ^b   Aoun, S ^c   Toye, C ^c   Funk, L ^b   Addington Hall, J ^d   Payne, S ^e,f   Todd, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family carers; Palliative care; Research methods; Review

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 65949122327     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309104875     Document Type: Article

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