The need to "carer proof" healthcare decisions: Such decisions may have important effects on family carers; decision making should formally consider them

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Al Janabi, Hareth ^a   Nicholls, Jean ^a   Oyebode, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CARER PROOFING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUPPORT GROUP; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL STRESS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84962238378     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1651     Document Type: Editorial

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