Bereaved hospice caregivers' views of the transition to hospice

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 387-400

  Csikai, Ellen L ^a   Martin, Shadi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereaved; Communication; Health care decisions; Hospice; Hospice caregivers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 77953151714     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380903426822     Document Type: Article

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