'That's part of everybody's job': The perspectives of health care staff in England and New Zealand on the meaning and remit of palliative care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-241

  Gott, Merryn ^a   Seymour, Jane ^b   Ingleton, Christine ^c   Gardiner, Clare ^c   Bellamy, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalist; palliative care; palliative medicine; policy; specialism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATION, NURSING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE'S ROLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84858425347     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311408993     Document Type: Article

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