Public priorities and preferences for end-of-life care in Namibia

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 620-630

  Powell, Richard A ^a,b   Namisango, Eve ^b   Gikaara, Nancy ^b   Moyo, Sherperd ^b   Mwangi Powell, Faith N ^b,c   Gomes, Barbara ^d   Harding, Richard ^d  

^a HealthCare Chaplaincy   (United States)

^b AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

^c OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; cancer; end of life; Namibia; terminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMIBIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; TERMINAL CARE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896542826     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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