Terminal care for persons with advanced dementia in the nursing home and home care settings

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 808-816

  Mitchell, Susan L ^a,b   Morris, John N ^a   Park, Pil S ^c   Fries, Brant E ^c,d,e  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DYING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; ONSET AGE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11344291109     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2004.7.808     Document Type: Article

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