Determinants of Congruence between the Preferred and Actual Place of Death for Terminally Ill Cancer Patients

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 230-237

  Tang, Siew Tzuh ^a,b   McCorkle, Ruth ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PLACE PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 1642474122     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970301900403     Document Type: Article

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