Contending with advanced illness: Patient and caregiver perspectives

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 887-895

  Meeker, Mary Ann ^a   Waldrop, Deborah P ^a   Schneider, Jaclyn ^a   Case, Amy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced life limiting illness; grounded theory; palliative care; transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FIGHTING; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; FAMILY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899990901     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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