Articulating the role of relationships in access to home care nursing at the end of life

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-131

  Stajduhar, Kelli I ^a   Funk, Laura M ^a   Roberts, Della ^b   Cloutier Fisher, Denise ^a   McLeod, Barbara ^b   Wilkinson, Carolyn ^a   Purkis, Mary Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

access to; health care; nursing; palliative care; relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 78650660731     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310379114     Document Type: Article

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