End-of-life issues in elderly patients

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-157

  Liptzin, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Care planning; Elderly; End of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 39049183314     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951506060214     Document Type: Article

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