End-of-Life Care in Hospital: Current Practice and Potentials for Improvement

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 711-719

  Becker, Gerhild ^a   Sarhatlic, Robert ^a   Olschewski, Manfred ^a   Xander, Carola ^a   Momm, Felix ^a   Blum, Hubert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

advance directives; DNR; end of life decisions; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34249083877     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.09.030     Document Type: Article

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