Constructing understandings of end-of-life care in Europe: A qualitative study involving cognitive interviewing with implications for cross-national surveys

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-349

  Daveson, Barbara A ^a   Bechinger English, Dorothee ^a   Bausewein, Claudia ^a,b   Simon, Steffan T ^b,c   Harding, Richard ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Gomes, Barbara ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Deutsche Gesellschaft für Katastrophenmedizin DGKM e V   (Germany)

^c Institute of Palliative Care   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DATA SYNTHESIS; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952301716     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0348     Document Type: Article

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