Dying at home: A qualitative study of family carers' views of support provided by GPs community staff

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 629, 2014, Pages e796-e803

  Seamark, David ^a   Blake, Susan ^a   Brearley, Sarah G ^b   Milligan, Christine ^b   Thomas, Carol ^b   Turner, Mary ^b   Wang, Xu ^c   Payne, Sheila ^b  

^a Marlpits Lane   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; End of life; Home palliative care; Informal care givers; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMFORT; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REASSURANCE; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; DEATH; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84919395438     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: 14785242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X682885     Document Type: Article

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