End of life care for frail older patients in family practice (ELFOP) - Protocol of a longitudinal qualitative study on needs, appropriateness and utilisation of services

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Müller Mundt, Gabriele ^a   Bleidorn, Jutta ^a   Geiger, Karin ^a   Klindtworth, Katharina ^a   Pleschberger, Sabine ^b   Hummers Pradier, Eva ^c   Schneider, Nils ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UMIT Health and Life Sciences University   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; End of life care; Family medicine; Frailty; Health services research; Informal caregivers; Longitudinal qualitative study; Multiple perspectives; Needs; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TERMINAL CARE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876952289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-52     Document Type: Article

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