Managing uncertainty in advanced liver disease: a qualitative, multiperspective, serial interview study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Kimbell, Barbara ^a   Boyd, Kirsty ^b   Kendall, Marilyn ^a   Iredale, John ^a   Murray, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84987931565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2015-009241     Document Type: Article

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