Communication and Quality of Care on Palliative Care Units: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 758-764

  Seccareccia, Dori ^a,b   Wentlandt, Kirsten ^a   Kevork, Nanor ^c   Workentin, Kevin ^b,d   Blacker, Susan ^e   Gagliese, Lucia ^b,c,f,h   Grossman, Daphna ^b,g   Zimmermann, Camilla ^b,c,h  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^h PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONTARIO; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84940037044     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2014.0408     Document Type: Article

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