End of life care in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of the qualitative literature

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gysels, Marjolein ^a   Pell, Christopher ^a   Straus, Lianne ^a   Pool, Robert ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BOTSWANA; CAREGIVER; CINAHL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONGO; EMBASE; FAMILY COUNSELING; GHANA; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; KENYA; LESOTHO; MALAWI; MEDLINE; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RWANDA; SOCIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; TERMINAL CARE; TOGO; UGANDA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 79952347692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-10-6     Document Type: Article

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