End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes: Residents in Hospice Compared to Other End-Stage Residents

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-232

  Buchanan, Robert J ^a   Choi, Maryann ^b   Wang, Suojin ^c   Ju, Hyunsu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1942446064     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109662104773709341     Document Type: Article

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