Complexity in non-pharmacological caregiving activities at the end of life: An international qualitative study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lindqvist, Olav ^a,b,c   Tishelman, Carol ^a,b,d   Hagelin, Carina Lundh ^b,e   Clark, Jean B ^f   Daud, Maria L ^g   Dickman, Andrew ^h   Benedetti, Franzisca Domeisen ⁱ   Galushko, Maren ^j   Lunder, Urska ^k   Lundquist, Gunilla ^c,l   Miccinesi, Guido ^m   Sauter, Sylvia B ^a   Fürst, Carl Johan ^a,b   Rasmussen, Birgit H ^c  

^a Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^f Education and Research Unit   (New Zealand)

^g Hospital B Udaondo amp Pallium Latinoamerica   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Center for Palliative Care   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Slovenia)

^l Västerbergslagen   (Sweden)

^m Istituto per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; FAMILY COUNSELING; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RITUAL; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMBOLISM;

CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; FAMILY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84857740850     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001173     Document Type: Article

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