'No matter what the cost': A qualitative study of the financial costs faced by family and whnau caregivers within a palliative care context

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 518-528

  Gott, Merryn ^a   Allen, Ruth ^a   Moeke Maxwell, Tess ^a   Gardiner, Clare ^a   Robinson, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cost; Economic; family; financial; indigenous; palliative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COST; MALE; MAORI (PEOPLE); NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL COST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIOCULTURAL COST; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURAL COST; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930406950     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315569337     Document Type: Article

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