The ALS patient care database: Insights into end-of-life care in ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 203-208

  Mandler, R N ^a   Anderson Jr , F A ^a   Miller, R G ^a   Clawson, L ^a   Cudkowicz, M ^a   Del Bene, M ^a   Bradley, Walter G ^a   Boynton de Sepulveda, Linda I ^a   Brooks, Benjamin R ^a   Cashman, Neil R ^a   Graves, Michael ^a   Harati, Yadollah ^a   Heiman Patterson, Terry ^a   Lyon, Mary ^a   Mitsumoto, Hiroshi ^a   Moore, Dan ^a   Ringel, Steven P ^a   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey ^a   Ross, Mark A ^a   Strong, Michael J ^a   Sufit, Robert L ^a   more..

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; End of life care; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LITERATURE; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 18344393438     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820152882214     Document Type: Article

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