A retrospective review of place of death of palliative care patients in regional north Queensland

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Hewat, A ^a   Veitch, C ^b   Cairns, Will ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Death; Home care; Palliative care; Place of death (non MESH); Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HOME; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; URBAN POPULATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547464117     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216306072383     Document Type: Review

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