Differences in end of life care in patients who died with dementia during acute hospital admissions [9]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-452

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Pujol, Ramón ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENILE DEMENTIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33745380056     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl034     Document Type: Letter

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