Measuring relatives' perspectives on the quality of palliative care: The consumer quality index palliative care

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 875-884

  Claessen, Susanne J J ^a,b   Francke, Anneke L ^a,b   Sixma, Herman J ^b   De Veer, Anke J E ^b   Deliens, Luc ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consumer Quality Index; instruments; Palliative care; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER QUALITY INDEX PALLIATIVE CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SPIRITUAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84877585291     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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