Place of death correlated to sociodemographic factors. A study of 203 patients dying of cancer in a rural Swedish county in 1990

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-335

  Axelsson, B ^a   Christensen, S Borup ^a  

^a ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Sweden; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CENTER; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; RURAL AREA; SKIN CANCER; SWEDEN; THYROID CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

EID: 0029860898     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921639601000409     Document Type: Article

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