Exploring district nurses' reluctance to refer palliative care patients for physiotherapy
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Exploring district nurses' reluctance to refer palliative care patients for physiotherapy.
AIM To explore district nurses' beliefs regarding referral of a patient receiving palliative care for physiotherapy. METHOD Three focus groups, guided by the Theory of Planned Behaviour, were undertaken with a purposive sample of 16 district nurses. All were audio-recorded, transcribed, and subject to content analysis. RESULTS Nine beliefs were identified as influencing referral decisions, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Palliative Nursing
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1357-6321,2052-286X
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2012.18.4.163