Oh God, not a Palliative: Out-of-hours general practitioners within the domain of palliative care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 501-509

  Taubert, Mark ^a   Nelson, Annmarie ^b  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

After hours; interpretative phenomenological analysis; isolated working; new GMS contract; out of hours; palliative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 77954009206     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216310368580     Document Type: Article

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