Motor Neurone Disease family carers' experiences of caring, palliative care and bereavement: An exploratory qualitative study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 842-850

  Aoun, Samar M ^a   Connors, Sianne Lee ^a   Priddis, Lynn ^a   Breen, Lauren J ^a,b   Colyer, Sue ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Motor Neurone Disease Association of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; bereavement; coping behaviour; family caregivers; Motor Neurone Disease; palliative care; qualitative research; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84859984906     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311416036     Document Type: Article

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