Shared care: The barriers encountered by community-based palliative care teams in Ontario, Canada

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 420-429

  Demiglio, Lily ^a   Williams, Allison ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Community based palliative care; Interprofessional care; Qualitative research; Shared care; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84862680108     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2012.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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