Open AccessPalliative Care for Older Adults Hospitalized for Stroke From the Informal Caregivers' Perspectives
Author(s) -
Jing Jing Su,
Rose S.Y. Lin,
Jenniffer Torralba Paguio,
Angela Yee Man Leung,
Alex Molassiotis
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular nursing/the journal of cardiovascular nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1550-5049
pISSN - 0889-4655
DOI - 10.1097/jcn.0000000000000923
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , feeling , stroke (engine) , grief , focus group , promotion (chess) , cognition , qualitative research , transitional care , nursing , health care , psychiatry , psychology , politics , social psychology , mechanical engineering , social science , marketing , sociology , political science , law , economics , engineering , business , economic growth
International guidelines have promoted palliative care (PC) for stroke survivors, but definition and implementation have been less than ideal. This practice gap is more prominent in China, where discussion of death remains taboo.