End-of-life expectations and experiences among nursing home patients and their relatives-A synthesis of qualitative studies

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-9

  Fosse, Anette ^a,b   Schaufel, Margrethe Aase ^c   Ruths, Sabine ^a,b   Malterud, Kirsti ^a,b,d  

^a UNI RESEARCH HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Research Unit for General Practice   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attitude to death; Doctor patient relations; Family; Meta analysis; Nursing homes; Patient preference; Qualitative research; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN RELATION; META ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84926257584     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.05.025     Document Type: Review

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