End-of-life care at long-term care facilities for the elderly in Japan

Hallym International Journal of Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Hirakawa, Yoshihisa ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Education; Elderly; Long term care facility; Palliative care; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGED; COOPERATION; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; RESIDENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 65349102199     PISSN: 15356523     EISSN: 15414485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HA.11.1.a     Document Type: Review

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