Meeting information needs of patients with incurable progressive disease and their families in South Africa and Uganda: Multicentre qualitative study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7703, 2009, Pages 1127-1131

  Selman, Lucy ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Agupio, Godfrey ^b   Dinat, Natalya ^c   Downing, Julia ^d   Gwyther, Liz ^e   Mashao, Thandi ^f   Mmoledi, Keletso ^c   Moll, Anthony P ^g   Sebuyira, Lydia Mpanga ^h   Panajatovic, Barbara ⁱ   Harding, Richard ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospice Africa Uganda   (Uganda)

^c Witwatersrand Palliative Care   (South Africa)

^d AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

^e Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g Church of Scotland Hospital   (South Africa)

^h MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

ⁱ Msunduzi Hospice   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATERNALISM; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINAL DISEASE; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINALLY ILL; UGANDA; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650088670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1326     Document Type: Article

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