Patients' ratings of quality and satisfaction with care at the end of life

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2098-2104

  Sulmasy, Daniel P ^a,b   McIlvane, Jessica M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESUSCITATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 0037078289     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.18.2098     Document Type: Article

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