Getting services right for those sick enough to die

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7592, 2007, Pages 511-513

  Dy, Sydney ^a   Lynn, Joanne ^b,c  

^a Department of Health Policy and Management ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EMPHYSEMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947539475     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39127.653704.80     Document Type: Short Survey

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