"Getting everyone on the same page": Nursing home physicians' perspectives on end-of-life care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 533-544

  Bern Klug, Mercedes ^a,e   Gessert, Charles E ^b   Crenner, Christopher W ^c   Buenaver, Maritza ^d   Skirchak, Danielle ^d  

^a School Of Social Work   (United States)

^b Duluth Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 4544318204     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2004.7.533     Document Type: Article

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