Dying in the hospital setting: A meta-synthesis identifying the elements of end-of-life care that patients and their families describe as being important

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 587-601

  Virdun, Claudia ^a   Luckett, Tim ^a   Lorenz, Karl ^b,c,h   Davidson, Patricia M ^a,d,e   Phillips, Jane ^a,b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer participation; hospital; Palliative care; qualitative; terminal care

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CINAHL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EMBASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; NARRATIVE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCIENTIST; SHARED DECISION MAKING; TERMINAL CARE; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85020915020     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216316673547     Document Type: Review

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