Palliative care needs of terminally ill people living alone: A service provider perspective

Collegian

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 179-185

  Aoun, Samar M ^a   Wall, David ^b   Kristjanson, Linda J ^a,c   Shahid, Shaouli ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health service provider; Living alone; Palliative care; Qualitative; Terminally ill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NARRATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; SINGLE PERSON; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TERMINAL CARE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84881557985     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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