Symptom experience of dying long-term care residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-98

  Hanson, Laura C ^a,b   Eckert, J Kevin ^c   Dobbs, Debra ^d   Williams, Christianna S ^b   Caprio, Anthony J ^a   Sloane, Philip D ^a,b   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Palliative care; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37749009594     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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