Public preferences and priorities for end-of-life care in Kenya: A population-based street survey

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Downing, Julia ^a,b   Gomes, Barbara ^c   Gikaara, Nancy ^b   Munene, Grace ^b   Daveson, Barbara A ^c   Powell, Richard A ^b   Mwangi Powell, Faith N ^b   Higginson, Irene J ^c   Harding, Richard ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Attitude to death; Hospices; Palliative care; Public health; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; KENYA; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; REVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84896717795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-13-4     Document Type: Review

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