Audit of the care of the dying in a network of hospitals and institutions in Queensland

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 315-319

  Hardy, J R ^a,b,c   Haberecht, J ^b   Maresco Pennisi, D ^b   Yates, P ^b  

^a MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MATER ADULT HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Care of the dying; Care pathways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34248390446     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01314.x     Document Type: Article

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