The last month of life: Continuity, care site and place of death

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 287-296

  Sahlberg Blom, E ^a,b   Ternestedt, B M ^b   Johansson, J E ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Continuity of patient care; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; WARD;

EID: 0031950046     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921698668132632     Document Type: Article

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