Family caregivers’ conceptualisation of quality end-of-life care for people with dementia: A qualitative study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 726-733

  Davies, Nathan ^a   Rait, Greta ^a   Maio, Laura ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caregiver; Dementia; end of life care; palliative care; quality in health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; EMOTION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL WELFARE; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85027324445     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216316673552     Document Type: Article

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