Death in the hospital

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1570-1572

  Goodlin, Sarah J ^a,b   Winzelberg, Gary S ^b,d   Teno, Joan M ^b,e   Whedon, Marie ^c   Lynn, Joanne ^b,f  

^a White River Junction Vet Aff M ^*  (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; DYING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; STROKE;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (LEBANON, NH); MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (NH); SUFFERING; UNITED STATES; VENTILATORS; WHITE RIVER JUNCTION VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER (VT);

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0031826635     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.14.1570     Document Type: Article

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