End-of-life care: Findings from a National Survey of Informal Caregivers

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-46

  Wolff, Jennifer L ^a   Dy, Sydney M ^a   Frick, Kevin D ^a   Kasper, Judith D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33846084176     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.1.40     Document Type: Article

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