Published on in Vol 8, No 11 (2019): November

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/13933, first published .
Development of an Early Warning System to Prevent Crises in the Palliative Home Care Setting of Patients and Their Informal Caregivers: Protocol for a Mixed Method Study

Development of an Early Warning System to Prevent Crises in the Palliative Home Care Setting of Patients and Their Informal Caregivers: Protocol for a Mixed Method Study

Development of an Early Warning System to Prevent Crises in the Palliative Home Care Setting of Patients and Their Informal Caregivers: Protocol for a Mixed Method Study

André Fringer   1, 2 , Prof Dr ;   Eleonore Arrer   3 , MSc ;   Edith Maier   4 , Prof Dr ;   Wilfried Schnepp   2 , Prof Dr ;   Tom Ulmer   4 , Mag (FH)

1 Research Unit Nursing Science, Institute of Nursing, Department of Health, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

2 Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany

3 Institute of Applied Nursing Science, FHS St Gallen, University of Applied Sciences, St Gallen, Switzerland

4 Institute for Information and Process Management, FHS St Gallen, University of Applied Sciences, St Gallen, Switzerland

Corresponding Author:

  • André Fringer, Prof Dr
  • Research Unit Nursing Science, Institute of Nursing
  • Department of Health
  • Zurich University of Applied Sciences
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  • Winterthur, 8401
  • Switzerland
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  • Email: andre.fringer@zhaw.ch