Clinical problems at the end of life in a Swedish population, including the role of advancing age and physical and cognitive function

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-182

  Jakobsson, Eva ^a   Öhlén, Joakim ^a   Gaston Johansson, Fannie ^b   Bergh, Ingrid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical problems; end of life; health promotion; palliative care; survey; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 40549144052     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807085375     Document Type: Article

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