Striving for a balance between leading and following the patient and family – nurses’ strategies to facilitate the transition from life-prolonging care to palliative care: an interview study
Abstract Background The transition from life-prolonging to palliative care (PC) can be challenging often characterized by psychical, physiological, social and existential changes. Knowledge of how to support the patient and family in this specific care phase is lacking, and this area needs to be fur...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Palliative Care |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-018-0311-7 |