Teaching Family Carers About Home-Based Palliative Care: Final Results from a Group Education Program

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-308

  Hudson, Peter ^a   Thomas, Tina ^a   Quinn, Karen ^a   Cockayne, Mark ^b   Braithwaite, Maxine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b South East Palliative Care ^*  (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

carers; education; family; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; REWARD; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67749143608     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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