Exploring factors that influence informal caregiving in medication management for home hospice patients

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1085-1090

  Lau, Denys T ^a,b   Berman, Rebecca ^c   Halpern, Leslie ^a,g   Pickard, A Simon ^d   Schrauf, Robert ^e   Witt, Whitney ^f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Leonard Schanfield Research Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; EMOTION; HOME CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHICAGO; DECISION MAKING; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 77956605157     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0082     Document Type: Article

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