Communication as care at end of life: An emerging issue from an exploratory action research study of renal end-of-life care for ethnic minorities in the UK

Journal of Renal Care

Volumn 40, Issue SUPP.1, 2014, Pages 23-29

  Wilkinson, Emma ^a   Randhawa, Gurch ^a   Brown, Edwina A ^b   Da Silva Gane, Maria ^c   Stoves, John ^d   Warwick, Graham ^e   Akhtar, Tahira ^d   Magee, Regina ^b   Sharman, Sue ^e   Farrington, Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; End of life care; Patient experience; South asian

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84906838478     PISSN: 17556678     EISSN: 17556686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jorc.12084     Document Type: Article

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