Home palliative care works: But how? A meta-ethnography of the experiences of patients and family caregivers

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 390-403

  Sarmento, Vera P ^a,b   Gysels, Marjolein ^a,c   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Gomes, Barbara ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital do Espirito Santo   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CAREGIVERS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENTS;

EID: 85035130545     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001141     Document Type: Review

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