Conducting research interviews with bereaved family carers: When do we ask?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 241-245

  Bentley, Brenda ^a   O'connor, Moira ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEATH; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEOPLASM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84924200978     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2014.0320     Document Type: Article

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