Burden for family carers at the end of life; A mixed-method study of the perspectives of family carers and GPs

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  De Korte Verhoef, Maria C ^a   Pasman, H Roeline W ^a   Schweitzer, Bart Pm ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^a,b   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burden; Family carer; General practitioner; Hospitalisation; Mixed method; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL NEEDS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE; REVIEW; REWARD; TERMINAL CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897975354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-13-16     Document Type: Review

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