From 'conductor' to 'second fiddle': Older adult care recipients' perspectives on transitions in family caring at hospital admission

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1197-1205

  Lowson, Elizabeth ^a   Hanratty, Barbara ^b   Holmes, Louise ^b   Addington Hall, Julia ^a   Grande, Gunn ^c   Payne, Sheila ^d   Seymour, Jane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End of life; Hospitalisation; Older people; Palliative care; Patient perspectives; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; END OF LIFE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALISATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OLDER PEOPLE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PERSPECTIVES; QUALITATIVE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

END OF LIFE; HOSPITALISATION; OLDER PEOPLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PERSPECTIVES; QUALITATIVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84880614194     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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