Dying on the streets: Homeless persons' concerns and desires about end of life care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 435-441

  Song, John ^a,b   Bartels, Dianne M ^a,b   Ratner, Edward R ^a,b   Alderton, Lucy ^c   Hudson, Brenda ^a   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; End of life care; Focus groups; Homelessness; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; DEATH; DYING; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34250182090     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0046-7     Document Type: Article

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