The experience of caring for patients at the end-of-life stage in non-palliative care settings: A qualitative study

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Lai, Xiao Bin ^a   Wong, Frances Kam Yuet ^b   Ching, Shirley Siu Yin ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

End of life care; Health care delivery; Life threatening diseases; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NON PALLIATIVE CARE; NURSE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; SUBACUTE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85054973217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-018-0372-7     Document Type: Article

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