Barriers and facilitators influencing death at home: A meta-ethnography

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 314-328

  Wahid, Abdul Samad ^a,b   Sayma, Meelad ^b,c   Jamshaid, Shiraz ^a,b   Kerwat, Doa’a ^b,d   Oyewole, Folashade ^a,b   Saleh, Dina ^a,b   Ahmed, Aaniya ^a,b   Cox, Benita ^b   Perry, Claire ^b   Payne, Sheila ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death; health services; palliative care; terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CINAHL; COORDINATION; DEATH; EMBASE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SKILL; STAFF; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HOME CARE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; META ANALYSIS; STANDARDS;

DEATH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 85041093876     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216317713427     Document Type: Review

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