Correspondence between patients' preferences and surrogates' understandings for dying and death

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 498-509

  Engelberg, Ruth A ^a   Patrick, Donald L ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Communication; Dying; Family; Hospice; Proxy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; FEMALE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; STUDENT T TEST;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 29244478598     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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