‘The horse has bolted I suspect’: A qualitative study of clinicians’ attitudes and perceptions regarding palliative rehabilitation

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 642-650

  Runacres, Fiona ^a,b,c,d   Gregory, Heidi ^a,c   Ugalde, Anna ^e,f  

^a Calvary Health Care Bethlehem ^*  (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

hospice care; Palliative care; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; AUSTRALIA; CACHEXIA; CANCER REHABILITATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FRAILTY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOPE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRANSITIONAL CARE; WORK EXPERIENCE; ADULT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION;

EID: 85020859408     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216316670288     Document Type: Article

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