Supporting home care for the dying: An evaluation of healthcare professionals' perspectives of an individually tailored hospice at home service

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 19-20, 2013, Pages 2778-2786

  Jack, Barbara A ^a   Baldry, Catherine R ^b   Groves, Karen E ^b   Whelan, Alison ^a   Sephton, Janice ^b   Gaunt, Kathryn ^c  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Queenscourt Hospice ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Mersey Deanery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Home care services; Palliative care; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HOME-CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

FOCUS GROUPS; HOME-CARE SERVICES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICES; HUMANS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84883519682     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04301.x     Document Type: Article

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