Insights about dying from the support project

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue S1, 2000, Pages S199-S205

  Freeborne, Nancy ^a   Lynn, Joanne ^a   Desbiens, Norman A ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; CHF; cirrhosis; COPD; dying

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HOSPITALIZED ELDERLY LONGITUDINAL PROJECT (HELP); STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PROGNOSES AND PREFERENCES FOR OUTCOMES AND RISKS OF TREATMENTS (SUPPORT);

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCOME; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034062536     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03133.x     Document Type: Article

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