Applying feminist, multicultural, and social justice theory to diverse women who function as caregivers in end-of-life and palliative home care

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-512

  MacKinnon, Christopher J ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Feminism; Multiculturalism; Palliative home care; Women

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

CAREGIVERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TERMINALLY ILL; WOMEN;

EID: 74249113812     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509990514     Document Type: Review

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