From personal challenge to technical fix: The risks of depersonalised care

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-154

  Reeve, Joanne ^a   Lynch, Tom ^b   Lloyd Williams, Mari ^a   Payne, Sheila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Health systems; Iatrogenesis; Personalised care; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84856752871     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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