At the eleventh hour: Psychosocial dynamics in short hospice stays

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-114

  Waldrop, Deborah P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; End of life Care; Hospice; Qualitative Research; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY CANCER; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; NURSING HOME; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CODING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; STOMACH CANCER; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 32244439269     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.1.106     Document Type: Article

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