The Melbourne Family Support Program: Evidence-based strategies that prepare family caregivers for supporting palliative care patients

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 231-237

  Hudson, Peter ^a,b   Aranda, Sanchia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CAREGIVERS; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84906725604     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000500     Document Type: Article

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