Understanding psycho-social processes underpinning engagement with services in motor neurone disease: A qualitative study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 318-325

  Foley, Geraldine ^a   Timonen, Virpi ^a   Hardiman, Orla ^b,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; decision making; Motor neurone disease; palliative care; qualitative research; terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REASSURANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DECISION-MAKING; MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896477254     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313512013     Document Type: Article

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