On the road again: Patient perspectives on commuting for palliative care

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-195

  Pesut, Barbara ^a   Robinson, Carole A ^a   Bottorff, Joan L ^a   Fyles, Gillian ^b   Broughton, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Palliative Care Program   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Palliative care; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TERMINALLY ILL; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 77956999094     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509990940     Document Type: Article

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