Inviting the absent members: Examining how caregivers participation affects hospice team communication

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-195

  Wittenberg Lyles, Elaine ^a   Oliver, Debra Parker ^b   Demiris, George ^c   Burt, Stephanie ^a   Regehr, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Hospice; Interdisciplinary team; Team meetings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; TEAMWORK;

CAREGIVERS; GROUP PROCESSES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 77951866935     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309352066     Document Type: Article

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