'They're part of the team': Participant evaluation of the ACTIVE intervention

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 549-555

  Oliver, Debra Parker ^a   Washington, K T ^b   Wittenberg Lyles, E ^c   Demiris, G ^d   Porock, D ^e  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Family; Hospice care; Patient care team; Patients; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSING CAREGIVERS FOR TEAM INTERVENTION THROUGH VIDEOPHONE ENCOUNTERS; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 68449104760     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309105725     Document Type: Article

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