Hospice use by older women dying with breast cancer between 1991 and 1996

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-53

  Lackan, Nuha A ^a   Freeman, Jean L ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DYING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; HOSPICE CARE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038206435     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970301900109     Document Type: Article

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