Older adults' attitudes to death, palliative treatment and hospice care: A view from Singapore [4]

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-118

  Yaw, Wu Huei ^a   Kei, Angel Lee Onn ^a   Onn, Ian Leong Yi ^a   Hwang, Mervyn Koh Yong ^a   Chan, Susan ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL VALUE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LETTER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLACE PREFERENCE; RELIGION; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHINA; CULTURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RELIGION; SINGAPORE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33645769464     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216306pm1119xx     Document Type: Letter

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