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| The role of primary caregiver denial in inpatient placement during home hospice care | | Author(s) | Dona J Reese |
| Journal title | The Hospice Journal, vol 15, no 1, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 15-34 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Service, The Haworth Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, United States. |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Attitude ; Adjustment ; Terminal care ; Living in the community ; Admission [hospitals] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study conducted with a sample of 68 Maryland home hospice patients revealed that primary caregivers in denial of the patient's terminal illness were more likely to place hospice patients in inpatient treatment. Moreover, patients admitted to hospital were more likely to die there, rather than at home as planned. These findings suggest an impact of primary caregiver denial on patient self-determination, which indicates the importance of addressing denial in counselling with terminally ill patients' primary caregivers. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000522243 A |
| Classmark | P6: DP: DR: LV: K4: LD:QKH: 7T |
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