Communication between family carers and health professionals about end-of-life care for older people in the acute hospital setting: a qualitative study
Background: This paper focuses on communication between hospital staff and family carers of patients dying on acute hospital wards, with an emphasis on the family carers’ perspective. The age at which people in the UK die is increasing and many continue to die in the acute hospital setting. Concerns...
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BioMed Central
2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34321/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34321/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34321/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34321/1/Caswell%2C%20Communication%20bet%20fam%20caregivers%20BMC%20Pall%20Care%202015.pdf |