Dying, death and bereavement: A qualitative study of the views of carers of people with heart failure in the UK

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Small, Neil ^a   Barnes, Sarah ^b   Gott, Merryn ^c   Payne, Sheila ^d   Parker, Chris ^e   Seamark, David ^f   Gariballa, Salah ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Birch House   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DEATH; DYING; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; GRIEF; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 68549125413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-8-6     Document Type: Article

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