Quality of care in a veterans affairs' nursing home-based hospice unit

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-135

  Hallenbeck, James ^a,b   Hickey, Elaine ^c   Czarnowski, Elaine ^c   Lehner, Laura ^d   Periyakoil, Vyjeyanthi S ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; SATISFACTION; TELEPHONE; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 33846935490     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0141     Document Type: Article

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