Enriching patient-centered care in serious illness: A focus on patients' experiences of agency

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-398

  Montgomery, Kathleen ^a,b   Little, Miles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

actions; actors; Cancer treatment; narratives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CAREGIVER; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAREGIVERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053196647     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2011.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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