Meeting the family: Measuring effectiveness of family meetings in a specialist inpatient palliative care unit

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-49

  Hannon, Breffni ^a   O'Reilly, Valerie ^b   Bennett, Kathleen ^c   Breen, Karen ^b   Lawlor, Peter G ^d  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Our Lady's Hospice Ltd Dublin   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Family meeting; Palliative care; Specialist inpatient unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME NURSING; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84857073324     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951511000575     Document Type: Article

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