End-of-life preferences in elderly patients admitted for heart failure

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 803-808

  Formiga, F ^a   Chivite, D ^a   Ortega, C ^a   Casas, S ^a   Ramon J M ^a   Pujol, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 10244263413     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hch135     Document Type: Article

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