‘My wife is my doctor at home’: A qualitative study exploring the challenges of home-based palliative care in a resource-poor setting | Zendy

Yakubu Salifu | Zendy; Kathryn Almack | Zendy; Glenys Caswell | Zendy

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‘My wife is my doctor at home’: A qualitative study exploring the challenges of home-based palliative care in a resource-poor setting

Author(s) -

Yakubu Salifu,

Kathryn Almack,

Glenys Caswell

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.989

H-Index - 106

eISSN - 1477-030X

pISSN - 0269-2163

DOI - 10.1177/0269216320951107

Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , family caregivers , thematic analysis , context (archaeology) , nursing , resource (disambiguation) , qualitative research , health care , family medicine , paleontology , social science , computer network , sociology , computer science , economics , biology , economic growth

Family caregiving is common globally, but when a family member needs palliative and end-of-life care, this requires knowledge and expertise in dealing with symptoms, medication, and treatment side effects. Caring for a family member with advanced prostate cancer in the home presents practical and emotional challenges, especially in resource-poor contexts, where there are increasing palliative cases without adequate palliative care institutions.

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