‘There’s something about admitting that you are lonely’ – prevalence, impact and solutions to loneliness in terminal illness: An explanatory sequential multi-methods study - Hanna, Jeffrey R; McConnell, Tracey; Harrison, Craig; Patynowska, Katarzyna A; Finucane, Anne M; Hudson, Briony; Paradine, Sharon; McCullagh, Angela; Reid, Joanne (Palliative medicine, 2022)
Keywords: Breathlessness; Caregivers; COVID-19; Death; Death & dying; End of life decisions; Health psychology; Health status; Hospice care; Humans; Life; Life experiences; Loneliness; Loneliness - psychology; Mental health; Mental health services; Mixed methods research; Original; Pain; Palliative care; Pandemics; Response rates; Social networks; Social power; Social services; Social support; Stigma; Taboos; Terminal Care - psychology; Terminal illnesses; Terminally Ill; Well being; social care professionals; end of life; Loneliness; terminal illness; healthcare professionals; palliative care; carers