Challenges to providing end-of-life care to low-income elders with advanced chronic disease: Lessons learned from a model program

Gerontologist

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 651-660

  Kramer, Betty J ^a   Auer, Casey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Theda Clark Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study design; End of life; Managed care; Palliative care; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; END OF LIFE CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT RIGHT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 26044460814     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/45.5.651     Document Type: Article

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