"a palliative end-stage COPD patient does not exist": A qualitative study of barriers to and facilitators for early integration of palliative home care for end-stage COPD

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Scheerens, Charlotte ^a,b   Deliens, Luc ^a,b   Van Belle, Simon ^a,c   Joos, Guy ^b,c   Pype, Peter ^a,b   Chambaere, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85048867911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41533-018-0091-9     Document Type: Article

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