A qualitative investigation of the palliative care needs of terminally ill people who live alone

This paper investigates the support needs of people living alone with a terminal illness form a client perspective. In depth, interviews were conducted with 11 clients from Silver Chain Hospice Care in Western Australia to capture their personal experiences of managing at home alone and to assess th...

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Main Authors: Aoun, Samar, Kristjanson, Linda, Oldham, Marylynn, Currow, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33869