'It makes me feel that I'm still relevant': A qualitative study of the views of nursing home residents on dignity therapy and taking part in a phase II randomised controlled trial of a palliative care psychotherapy

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 358-366

  Hall, Sue ^a   Goddard, Cassie ^a   Speck, Peter ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aged; nursing home; palliative care; psychotherapy; qualitative; randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGNITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; NARRATION; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84876589594     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216312449272     Document Type: Article

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