“Small small interventions, big big roles”- a qualitative study of patient, care-giver and health-care worker experiences of a palliative care programme in Kerala, India.
This study is from the perspective of patients, and care-givers and doctors, nurses and volunteers running the intervention
Abstract
Home-based palliative care is an essential resource for many communities. The authors conducted a qualitative study to explore perceptions of a home-based palliative care programme in Kerala, India, from the perspective of patients, their care-givers and the doctors, nurses and volunteers running the intervention.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Philip RR, Venables E, Manima A, Tripathy JP, Philip S. “Small small interventions, big big roles”- a qualitative study of patient, care-giver and health-care worker experiences of a palliative care programme in Kerala, India. BMC Palliative Care. 2019;18(1):16.