Expert views on the factors enabling good end of life care for people with dementia: A qualitative study

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lee, Richard Philip ^a   Bamford, Claire ^a   Exley, Catherine ^a   Robinson, Louise ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; End of life care; Experts; Palliative care; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; CASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; INTERVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84937783686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-015-0028-9     Document Type: Article

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