title: Identifying factors significant to continuity in basic palliative hospital care-from the perspective of patients with advanced cancer.
abstract: Based on the research method grounded theory and semistructured patient interviews at home following hospitalization, the aim was to provide information on issues relating to the identification and alleviation of patients' physical and emotional problems, understood as continuity in palliative care. The interviews were based on selected problems that patients found significant. The results are distilled into the core category disheartening interactions and four categories: falling outside the professional framework, not being seen as a person, unidentified/unmet need for guidance and involvement, and patient strategy-minimizing conflict. The categories are significant in generating and maintaining continuity in basic palliative care.
authors.affiliation: a Research Unit of Nursing, Institute of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Southern Denmark , Odense , Denmark.
authors.forename: Lisbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Soelver
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rydahl-Hansen
authors.forename: Birte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oestergaard
authors.forename: Lis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D036301:Qualitative Research