The uncompassionate elements of the Compassionate Care Benefits Program: A critical analysis

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-59

  Flagler, Jenny ^a   Dong, Weizhen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Compassionate Care Benefits Program; financial assistance; informal caregiver; palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77954753867     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975909356636     Document Type: Article

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