Barriers to the provision of high-quality palliative care for people with dementia in England: A qualitative study of professionals' experiences

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 386-394

  Davies, Nathan ^a   Maio, Laura ^a   Vedavanam, Krish ^a,b   Manthorpe, Jill ^c   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra ^d   Iliffe, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Palliative care; Qualitative research; Quality of healthcare; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84901257157     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12094     Document Type: Article

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