Prevalence, effectiveness, and predictors of planning the place of death among older persons followed in community-based long term care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 943-948

  Leff, Bruce ^a,b   Kaffenbarger, Kimberly P ^a   Remsburg, Robin ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; End of life care; Home care; House calls; Place of death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PLACE PREFERENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEATH; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033903428     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb06892.x     Document Type: Article

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