Bereaved cancer carers' experience of and preference for palliative care

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1219-1228

  Sekelja, Natasha ^a,b   Butow, Phyllis N ^a   Tattersall, Martin H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer carer; End of life care; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COMPREHENSION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77956455700     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0752-x     Document Type: Article

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