The impact of serious illness on patients' families

JAMA

Volumn 272, Issue 23, 1994, Pages 1839-1844

  Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,g   Goldman, Lee ^a   Cook, E Francis ^a   Oye, Robert ^b   Desbiens, Norman ^c   Reding, Douglas ^c   Fulkerson, William ^d   Connors, Alfred F ^e   Lynn, Joanne ^f   Phillips, Russell S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0027997996     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.272.23.1839     Document Type: Article

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