Being discharged from hospice alive: The lived experience of patients and families

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 495-499

  Campbell, Rebeka Watson ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); DETERIORATION; FAMILY LIFE; FRUSTRATION; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SUPPORT GROUP; FAMILY; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929584681     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2014.0228     Document Type: Article

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