'A bed in the middle of nowhere': Parents' meanings of place of death for adults with cystic fibrosis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1056-1062

  Lowton, Karen ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; End of life care; Lung transplantation; Palliative care; Parents; Place of death; UK

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; SERVICE PROVISION; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69849106733     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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