Comparison of medical treatments for the dying in a hospice and a geriatric hospital in Japan

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 152-160

  Masuda, Yuichiro ^a   Noguchi, Haruko ^b   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^a   Inoue, Akira ^c   Hirakawa, Yoshihisa ^a   Iguchi, Akihisa ^a   Uemura, Kazumasa ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Toyo Eiwa University   (Japan)

^c SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; OXYGEN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYING; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; URETER CATHETER;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 32044458608     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.152     Document Type: Article

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