End-of-life care for the hospitalized patient

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 749-770

  Pantilat, Steven Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BISACODYL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DESIPRAMINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOCUSATE SODIUM; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; GRANISETRON; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROMORPHONE; HYDROXYZINE; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; MECLOZINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORCO; NORTRIPTYLINE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET; SORBITOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DYING; DYSPNEA; FAMILY COUNSELING; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUNSELING; EMPATHY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; GRIEF; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036657020     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7125(02)00017-2     Document Type: Review

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