Sentinel practices in evaluating longer periods of care: Quality of life and drug therapy of terminally ill persons in Lower Saxony (Germany)

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Busse, R ^a   Wagner, H P ^a   Krauth, C ^a   Klein Lange, M ^a   Schwartz, F W ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0031783764     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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