'I am part of the community but...' The changing context of rural living for persons with advanced cancer and their families

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Duggleby, W D ^a   Penz, K ^b   Leipert, B D ^c   Wilson, D M ^a   Goodridge, D ^b   Williams, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Canada; Interpretive description; Palliative; Qualitative; Research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84856002939     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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