End-of-life care for older adults

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 811-828

  Ogle, Karen S ^a   Hopper, Katrina ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BISACODYL; BUTYROPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; LAXATIVE; MECLOZINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MODAFINIL; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROKINETIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SENNA EXTRACT; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DYING; DYSPNEA; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FATIGUE; GEL; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; NAUSEA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; SKIN ULCER; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 24144496456     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2005.06.005     Document Type: Review

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