When a hospice is not a haven

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-24

  Swarbrick, Philomena ^a   Grinyer, Anne ^a   Payne, Sheila ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospices; Palliative care; Qualitative research; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOLISTIC CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLACE PREFERENCE; POWERLESSNESS; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 79955781022     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: 1743291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174329111X12967522394290     Document Type: Article

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