Quality-of-life trajectory of clients and carers referred to a community palliative care service

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 80-85

  Connell, Tanya ^a   Griffiths, Rhonda ^a,b   Fernandez, Ritin S ^a   Tran, Duong ^c   Agar, Meera ^d   Harlum, Janeane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Centre for Evidence Based Health Care   (Australia)

^c South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e HammondCare Braeside Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community care; Quality of life; Quantitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952088498     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2011.17.2.80     Document Type: Article

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