A good death for residents of long-term care: Family members speak

Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 45-59

  Munn, Jean C ^a   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living residential care; End of life care; Long term care; Nursing homes; Structure process outcome model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33845796133     PISSN: 15524256     EISSN: 15524264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J457v02n03_05     Document Type: Article

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