The challenges and suffering of caring for people with primary malignant glioma: qualitative perspectives on improving current supportive and palliative care practices

Anna Collins; Carrie Lethborg; Caroline Brand; Michelle Gold; Gaye Moore; Vijaya Sundararajan; Michael Murphy; Jennifer Philip

doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000419

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The challenges and suffering of caring for people with primary malignant glioma: qualitative perspectives on improving current supportive and palliative care practices

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Anna Collins Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carrie Lethborg Department of Social Work, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Caroline Brand Centre for Research Excellence in Patient Safety, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne EpiCentre, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michelle Gold Palliative Care Service, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gaye Moore Department of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vijaya Sundararajan Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Murphy Department of Neurosurgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jennifer Philip Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Anna Collins, Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, 6 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia; anna.collins{at}svhm.org.au

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Collins A, Lethborg C, Brand C, et al

The challenges and suffering of caring for people with primary malignant glioma: qualitative perspectives on improving current supportive and palliative care practices

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2014;4:68-76.

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Received November 22, 2012
Revision received May 3, 2013
Accepted May 7, 2013
First published May 31, 2013.

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February 13, 2017

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