Determinants of do-not-resuscitate orders in palliative home care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-232

  Brink, Peter ^a   Smith, Trevor Frise ^b   Kitson, Maureen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Hamilton Comm Care Access Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RESUSCITATION; SLEEP DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CASE MANAGEMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40649102740     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0105     Document Type: Article

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