The meaning of home at the end of life: A video-reflexive ethnography study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 695-702

  Collier, Aileen ^a   Phillips, Jane L ^b   Iedema, Rick ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

end of life care; health facility environment; Home care; human geography; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; ETHNOGRAPHY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME; HOME CARE; HOME SAFETY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO-REFLEXIVE ETHNOGRAPHY METHOD; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84939526640     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315575677     Document Type: Article

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