Communication between family carers and health professionals about end-of-life care for older people in the acute hospital setting: A qualitative study

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Caswell, Glenys ^a   Pollock, Kristian ^a   Harwood, Rowan ^b   Porock, Davina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute hospital; Compliance; Concordance; End of life care; Family caregivers; Family carers; Older people; Staff carer communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSING ROLE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84938598936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-015-0032-0     Document Type: Article

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