Providing palliative and end-of-life care in the community: The role of the home-care worker

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Devlin, Margaret ^a   McIlfatrick, Sonja ^a  

^a NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Community nurses; End of life care; Home care workers; Mixed methods; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77954750377     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2010.16.4.47786     Document Type: Article

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