End-of-life care for nursing home residents dying from cancer in Nova Scotia, Canada, 2000-2003

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1015-1021

  O'Brien, Meaghan B ^a   Johnston, Grace M ^a   Gao, Jun ^b   Dewar, Ron ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; End of life; Nursing home; Palliative care; Place of death

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NOVA SCOTIA; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34548355057     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0218-y     Document Type: Article

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