End-of-life care: Improving quality of life at the end of life

Professional Case Management

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Eues, Stephanie K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^b UNITED HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CASE MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36349010723     PISSN: 15297764     EISSN: 15390675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCAMA.0000300408.00325.1c     Document Type: Review

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