Legitimising and rationalising in talk about satisfaction with formal healthcare among bereaved family members

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1010-1024

  Funk, Laura M ^a   Stajduhar, Kelli I ^b   Robin Cohen, S ^c   Heyland, Daren K ^d   Williams, Allison ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

End of life care; Healthcare satisfaction; Interpretive methods; Qualitative interviewing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

BEREAVEMENT; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RATIONALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84864575632     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01457.x     Document Type: Article

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