Hospice attitudes among assisted living and nursing home administrators, and the long-term care hospice attitudes scale

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1388-1400

  Dobbs, Debra Jean ^a   Hanson, Laura ^b   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^c   Williams, Christianna S ^c   Munn, Jean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; ATTITUDE; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE ATTITUDES QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM CARE HOSPICE ATTITUDES SCALE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SPIRITUAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846084700     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.1388     Document Type: Article

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