Experiences of patients and caregivers with early palliative care: A qualitative study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 72-81

  Hannon, Breffni ^a,b   Swami, Nadia ^b   Rodin, Gary ^b,c   Pope, Ashley ^b   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

benefits; cancer; caregivers; Palliative care; patients; qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; CAREGIVER; GROUNDED THEORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85008889422     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216316649126     Document Type: Article

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