End-of-life in a Swedish population: Demographics, social conditions and characteristics of places of death

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-17

  Jakobsson, Eva ^a,b   Johnsson, Tommy ^a   Persson, Lars Olof ^a   Gaston Johansson, Fannie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; End of life; Palliative care; Places of death; Social conditions; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING RECORDS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33645109192     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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