Impact of caregivers' unmet needs for supportive care on quality of terminal cancer care delivered and caregiver's workforce performance

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 699-706

  Park, Sang Min ^a,b   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Kim, Samyong ^a,c   Choi, Jong Soo ^d   Lim, Ho Yeong ^e   Choi, Youn Seon ^f   Hong, Young Seon ^g   Kim, Si Young ^h   Heo, Dae Seog ⁱ   Kang, Ki Moon ^j   Jeong, Hyun Sik ^k   Lee, Chang Geol ^l   Moon, Do Ho ^m   Choi, Jin Young ^a   Kong, In Sik ⁿ   Yun, Young Ho ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^f Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^h Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁱ Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^j Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^k Handong University   (South Korea)

^l Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^m SAM Anyang Hospital   (South Korea)

ⁿ Ministry of Health and Welfare   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Caregivers; Terminal cancer care; Unmet need; Workforce performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; WORKPLACE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77953613911     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0668-5     Document Type: Article

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