Living well until you die: Quality of care and quality of life in palliative and dementia care

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1114, Issue , 2007, Pages 194-203

  Small, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Palliative care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE;

EID: 35948944991     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1396.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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