Patients', family caregivers', and professionals' perspectives on quality of palliative care: A qualitative study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1128-1138

  Vedel, Isabelle ^a   Ghadi, Véronique ^b   Lapointe, Liette ^c   Routelous, Christelle ^d   Aegerter, Philippe ^e   Guirimand, Frédéric ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f maison médicale Jeanne Garnier   (France)

Author keywords

Palliative care; qualitative research; quality indicators; quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DYING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84907196920     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216314532154     Document Type: Article

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