Dying in hospital of terminal heart failure or severe dementia: The circumstances associated with death and the opinions of caregivers

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-40

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Olmedo, Claudia ^a   López Soto, Alfons ^b   Navarro, Margarita ^b   Culla, Alex ^b   Pujol, Ramón ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caregiver perception; Dementia; End of life; Heart failure; Palliative care; Quality of death

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DYSPNEA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34547423756     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216306073256     Document Type: Article

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