Assistance from family members, friends, paid care givers, and volunteers in the care of terminally ill patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 956-963

  Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^a   Fairclough, Diane L ^d   Slutsman, Julia ^d   Alpert, Hillel ^b   Baldwin, Dewitt ^c   Emanuel, Linda L ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Vital Science and Health   (United States)

^c AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

CANCER; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMMUNITY SERVICES; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; FEMALES; FRIENDS; HOME CARE; MALES; SURVEY; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEERS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMEMAKER SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0033598322     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199909233411306     Document Type: Review

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