Barriers to achieving care at home at the end of life: Transferring patients between care settings using patient transport services

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 723-730

  Ingleton, C ^a   Payne, S ^b   Sargeant, A ^c   Seymour, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dying; End of life care; Patient transport services; Transfers between care settings

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; CHARITIES; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINALLY ILL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 74849112720     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309106893     Document Type: Article

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