Critically examining diversity in end-of-life family caregiving: Implications for equitable caregiver support and Canadas Compassionate Care Benefit

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Giesbrecht, Melissa ^a   Crooks, Valorie A ^a   Williams, Allison ^b   Hankivsky, Olena ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Caregiving; Compassionate Care Benefit; Diversity; End of life; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; PUBLIC ACCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COMPASSIONATE CARE BENEFIT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

CANADA; CAREGIVERS; CULTURE; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

CANADA;

EID: 84868218008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-65     Document Type: Article

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