Family caregiver satisfaction with home-based nursing and physician care over the palliative care trajectory: Results from a longitudinal survey questionnaire

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 632-638

  Guerriere, Denise N ^a   Zagorski, Brandon ^a   Coyte, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family caregivers; home care services; palliative care; quality of care; satisfaction; survey questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

FAMILY CAREGIVERS; HOME CARE SERVICES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF CARE; SATISFACTION; SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE;

CANADA; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; HOME NURSING; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84879777478     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216312473171     Document Type: Review

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