The impact of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on patients with advanced cancer and their family members: A qualitative study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 382-391

  Gleeson, Aoife ^a   Larkin, Philip ^b   O'Sullivan, Niamh ^c  

^a ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

hospices; interview; meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; neoplasms; Palliative care; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84961254387     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315622125     Document Type: Article

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