Developing a dignity instrument to measure the outcomes of palliative home-based care

Loubser, H.J.; Herbst, M.C.

dc.contributor.author	Loubser, H.J.
dc.contributor.author	Herbst, M.C.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-23T12:37:54Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-23T12:37:54Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	Loubser, H.J.; Herbst, M.C. (2010) Developing a dignity instrument to measure the outcomes of palliative home-based care. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery (12)2 pp. 83-95	en
dc.identifier.issn	16825055
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC19350
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9084
dc.description.abstract	This research sought to develop a palliative care measurement tool that could track and measure the rendering of care by informal caregivers to dying persons across the diversity of South African cultural and religious groups. This mixed method research led to the development of an instrument consisting of a one-dimensional domain, eight sub-items and 56 scores against which care can be numerically quantified on a radar graph. It is recommended that this tool be utilised to provide objective indications about the quality of home-based palliative care rendered to terminally ill patients	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Unisa	en
dc.subject	Informal caregivers	en
dc.subject	Measurement tool	en
dc.subject	Outcomes management	en
dc.subject	Palliative care	en
dc.title	Developing a dignity instrument to measure the outcomes of palliative home-based care	en
dc.type	Article	en