Emergency calls and need for emergency care in patients looked after by a palliative care team: Retrospective interview study with bereaved relatives

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wiese, Christoph H R ^a   Vossen Wellmann, Andrea ^a   Morgenthal, Hannah C ^a   Popov, Aron F ^a   Graf, Bernhard M ^a   Hanekop, Gerd G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL COMPOUND SCORE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RELATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 50049088593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-7-11     Document Type: Article

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