A Palliative Care Approach to End-stage Neurodegenerative Conditions

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 778-784

  Low, James Alvin ^a   Pang, W S ^a   Chan, D K Y ^b   Chye, R ^c  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Death; Nursing homes; Parkinson's; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EXCRETION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; OROPHARYNX; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 1042279579     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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