Exploring preferences for place of death with terminally ill patients: Qualitative study of experiences of general practitioners and community nurses in England

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7714, 2009, Pages 214-218

  Munday, Daniel ^a   Petrova, Mila ^a   Dale, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 68149142557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2391     Document Type: Article

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