Meeting the needs of family carers: An evaluation of three home-based palliative care services in Australia

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-191

  Thomas, Kristina ^a   Hudson, Peter ^a   Oldham, Lynn ^b   Kelly, Brian ^c   Trauer, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family carers; Palliative care; Primary carers; Support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77951839649     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309351467     Document Type: Article

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