Family reports of barriers to optimal care of the dying

Nursing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 310-317

  Tolle, Susan W ^a   Tilden, Virginia P ^a   Rosenfeld, Anne G ^a   Hickman, Susan E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Family views

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PAIN; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034323394     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200011000-00003     Document Type: Article

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