Social services homecare for people with motor neurone disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Why are such services used or refused?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-131

  O'Brien, Mary R ^a   Whitehead, Bridget ^a,b   Murphy, Philip N ^a   Mitchell, J Douglas ^b   Jack, Barbara A ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homecare; motor neurone disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; narrative interviews; social service uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK;

AGE FACTORS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84855382284     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311398697     Document Type: Review

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