Meeting palliative care needs in post-acute care settings: "To help them live until they die"

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 681-686

  Hanson, Laura C ^a   Ersek, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 32144452920     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.6.681     Document Type: Review

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