When death is imminent: Where terminally ill patients with cancer prefer to die and why

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-251

  Tang, Siew Tzuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

End of life care; Preference of place of death; Terminally ill patients with cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAREGIVER; DEATH; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; DEATH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0037766186     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200306000-00012     Document Type: Article

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