Factors predictive of preferred place of death in the general population of South Australia

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-453

  Foreman, Linda M ^a   Hunt, Roger W ^b   Luke, Colin G ^c   Roder, David M ^a  

^a CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Emphysema; Place of death; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER; CITY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPHYSEMA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; IRELAND; ITALY; LIVING WILL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PLACE PREFERENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SEX RATIO; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RIGHT TO DIE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33746123135     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216306pm1149oa     Document Type: Article

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