Unmet needs of severely affected multiple sclerosis patients: The health professionals' view

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-151

  Golla, Heidrun ^a   Galushko, Maren ^a   Pfaff, Holger ^b   Voltz, Raymond ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases   (Germany)

Author keywords

attitude of health personnel; multiple sclerosis patients; palliative care; severe multiple sclerosis; unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FOCUS GROUPS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84857297907     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311401465     Document Type: Article

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