Treatments in patients dying with dementia: A cross-cultural perspective

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 565-567

  Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^a   Toscani, Franco ^b   Di Giulio, Paola ^c   Werner, Perla ^d   Boogaard, J A ^d   Zysberg, Anna ^d   Volicer, Ladislav ^e,f  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Lino Maestroni Foundation Palliative Medicine Research Institute   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DYING; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; EUROPE; HUMANS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40149094304     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01578.x     Document Type: Letter

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