Timing of hospice referral: Assessing satisfaction while the patient receives hospice services

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-116

  Adams, Carolyn E ^a   Bader, Julia ^b   Horn, Kathryn V ^c  

^a JEFFERSON COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanics; Hospice; Satisfaction; Timing of referral

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149333630     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822308323440     Document Type: Article

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