Shelter-based palliative care for the homeless terminally ill

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-86

  Pody, Tiina ^a   Turnbull, Jeffrey ^a   Coyle, Doug ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; Harm reduction; Homeless; Hospice; Karnofsky; Palliative care; Shelter

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; FENTANYL; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33645755377     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216306pm1103oa     Document Type: Article

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