A survey of end-of-life care in care homes: Issues of definition and practice

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-348

  Froggatt, Katherine ^a   Payne, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Death and dying; End of life care; Older people; Palliative care; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33745284956     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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