Former palliative caregivers who identify that additional spiritual support would have been helpful in a population survey

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-277

  Hegarty, Meg M ^a   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,b   Olver, Ian ^c   Currow, David C ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Cancer Council Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregivers; health service planning; outcome assessments (health care); palliative care; spiritual needs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; DEATH; DEATH EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SPIRITUAL CARE;

AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 79954468483     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216310389225     Document Type: Article

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