Transitions regarding palliative and end-of-life care in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or advanced cancer: Themes identified by patients, families, and clinicians

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 601-609

  Reinke, Lynn F ^a   Engelberg, Ruth A ^a   Shannon, Sarah E ^a   Wenrich, Marjorie D ^b   Vig, Elizabeth K ^a   Back, Anthony L ^b   Curtis, J Randall ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 43049138055     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0236     Document Type: Article

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