A qualitative study exploring the benefits of hospital admissions from the perspectives of patients with palliative care needs

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 703-710

  Robinson, Jackie ^a,b   Gott, Merryn ^a   Gardiner, Clare ^a   Ingleton, Christine ^c  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

benefits; hospitalisation; hospitals; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; ACUTE DISEASE; HOSPITAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84939558172     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315575841     Document Type: Article

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