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An exploration of family members perceptions of palliative care given to dementia patients and their families in old age homes in Cape Town
The disease trajectory that characterises dementia is one of progressive neuro-psychiatric, physical and cognitive decline. It is family members who often bear the brunt of the suffering that these sequential 'deaths' and losses bring. As they retain strong bonds, placement of loved ones in an insti...
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Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
2015
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