Older people's views of a good death in heart failure: Implications for palliative care provision

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1113-1121

  Gott, M ^a   Small, Neil ^b   Barnes, Sarah ^c   Payne, Sheila ^d   Seamark, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Good death; Heart failure; Older adults; Palliative care; UK

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48949088316     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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