How continuity of care is experienced within the context of integrated palliative care: A qualitative study with patients and family caregivers in five European countries

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 946-955

  den Herder van der Eerden, Marlieke ^a   Hasselaar, Jeroen ^a   Payne, Sheila ^b   Varey, Sandra ^b   Schwabe, Sven ^c   Radbruch, Lukas ^c   Van Beek, Karen ^d   Menten, Johan ^d   Busa, Csilla ^e   Csikos, Agnes ^e   Vissers, Kris ^a   Groot, Marieke ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; delivery of health care; integrated; palliative care; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85034855741     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216317697898     Document Type: Article

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