Patient and family experiences of palliative care in hospital: What do we know? An integrative review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-33

  Robinson, Jackie ^a,b   Gott, Merryn ^a   Ingleton, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hospitalisation; Palliative care; patient admission; patient satisfaction; professional family relations

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CINAHL; DECISION MAKING; EMBASE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDLINE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCINFO; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84890959079     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313487568     Document Type: Review

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