Australian palliative care providers' perceptions and experiences of the barriers and facilitators to palliative care provision

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-351

  Johnson, Claire ^a   Girgis, Afaf ^a   Paul, Chris ^a   Currow, David C ^b   Adams, Jon ^c   Aranda, Sanchia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952251011     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0822-0     Document Type: Article

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