Older persons' preferences for site of terminal care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-112

  Fried, Terri R ^a   Van Doorn, Carol ^b   O'Leary, John R ^b   Tinetti, Mary E ^c   Drickamer, Margaret A ^a  

^a Vet Aff Connecticut Hlthcare S ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PLACE PREFERENCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033587615     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-131-2-199907200-00006     Document Type: Article

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