Palliative care for elderly patients with advanced cancer: A long-term intervention for end-of-life care

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-355

  Wittenberg Lyles, Elaine M ^a   Sanchez Reilly, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Elderly; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; FAMILY; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG-TERM CARE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 43049139079     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.02.023     Document Type: Article

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