Understanding palliative care on the heart failure care team: An innovative research methodology

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 901-911

  Lingard, Lorelei A ^a,b   McDougall, Allan ^b   Schulz, Valerie ^a   Shadd, Joshua ^a   Marshall, Denise ^c   Strachan, Patricia H ^c   Tait, Glendon R ^d   Arnold, J Malcolm ^b   Kimel, Gil ^e  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

communication; complexity; grounded theory; Health care team; heart failure; interviews; palliative care integration; patient centered method; qualitative research; text analysis

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER;

CARDIOLOGY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84877578989     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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