Negotiating hope with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: A qualitative study of patients and healthcare professionals

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 816-822

  Philip, J ^a,b   Gold, M ^c   Brand, C ^d,e   Douglass, J ^c,f   Miller, B ^c   Sundararajan, V ^d  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MELBOURNE HEALTH   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Hope; Information giving; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOPE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84864026648     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02641.x     Document Type: Article

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