A nationwide VA palliative care quality measure: The family assessment of treatment at the end of life

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-75

  Casarett, David ^a,g   Pickard, Amy ^a   Bailey, F Amos ^b   Ritchie, Christine Seel ^b,c   Furman, Christian Davis ^d   Rosenfeld, Ken ^e   Shreve, Scott ^f   Shea, Judy ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e Greater Los Angeles VA Health System   (United States)

^f Lebanon VA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149053106     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0104     Document Type: Article

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