Quality palliative care for cancer and dementia in five European countries: Some common challenges

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 400-410

  Davies, Nathan ^a   Maio, Laura ^a   Van Paap, Jasper Riet ^b   Mariani, Elena ^c   Jaspers, Birgit ^d,e   Sommerbakk, Ragni ^f   Grammatico, Daniela ^d   Manthorpe, Jill ^g   Ahmedzai, Sam ^h   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra ^b   Iliffe, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e Malteser Hospital Bonn/Rhein Sieg   (Germany)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; dementia; end of life care; palliative care; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897076110     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.843157     Document Type: Article

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