Family caregiver learning - How family caregivers learn to provide care at the end of life: A qualitative secondary analysis of four datasets

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 657-664

  Stajduhar, Kelli I ^a   Funk, Laura ^b   Outcalt, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

education; Family caregiving; home care; palliative care; qualitative secondary analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; FAMILY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EDUCATION; FAMILY CAREGIVING; HOME CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE SECONDARY ANALYSIS;

CANADA; CAREGIVERS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84879775147     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313487765     Document Type: Article

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