Why do health professionals refer individual patients to specialist day hospice care?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-138

  Bradley, Sarah Elizabeth ^a   Frizelle, Dorothy ^a   Johnson, Miriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOLISTIC CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL WELL BEING; SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE DAY CARE; STANDARDIZATION; WELLBEING;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPITE CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 79951686781     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0372     Document Type: Article

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