Patients Dying with Dementia: Experience at the End of Life and Impact of Hospice Care

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-507

  Shega, Joseph W ^a   Hougham, Gavin W ^d   Stocking, Carol B ^b,c   Cox Hayley, Deon ^b   Sachs, Greg A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d The John A Hartford Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; end of life; Hospice

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEATH; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 43049108092     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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