End-of-Life care in hancock county, maine: A community snapshot

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-138

  Ostertag, Susan G ^a   Forman, Walter B ^b,c  

^a Ellsworth Family Practice   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Focus groups; Hospice; Medical personnel; Rural

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSUMER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING WILL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 41849106125     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909107310143     Document Type: Article

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