Family Perspectives on End-of-Life Care at the Last Place of Care

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-93

  Teno, Joan M ^a,b,d   Clarridge, Brian R ^c   Casey, Virginia ^a   Welch, Lisa C ^a   Wetle, Terrie ^a,b   Shield, Renee ^a,b   Mor, Vincent ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DYING; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; NURSING; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348047527     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.1.88     Document Type: Article

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