Palliative family caregivers' accounts of health care experiences: The importance of security

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-447

  Funk, Laura M ^a   Allan, Diane E ^a   Stajduhar, Kelli I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family caregiving; Health care satisfaction; Palliative; Security

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TRUST;

BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUST;

EID: 74249096116     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509990447     Document Type: Article

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