What's in a name? A qualitative exploration of what is understood by "palliative care" in the emergency department

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 293-301

  Weil, Jennifer ^a   Weiland, Tracey J ^a,b   Lane, Heather ^a   Jelinek, George A ^a,b   Boughey, Mark ^a   Marck, Claudia H ^b   Philip, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; emergency service; focus groups; health personnel; hospital; neoplasms; nomenclature; Palliative care; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84925635808     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216314560801     Document Type: Article

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