'Doubly deprived': A post-death qualitative study of primary carers of people who died in Western Australia

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 636-644

  Keesing, Sharon ^a   Rosenwax, Lorna ^a   McNamara, Beverley ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carers; End of life care; Health; Occupation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINALLY ILL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80054026740     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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