Is occupation missing from occupational therapy in palliative care?

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 329-336

  Keesing, Sharon ^a   Rosenwax, Lorna ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carers; Occupation; Palliative care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINALLY ILL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80053419154     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2011.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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