Hospice and Palliative Medicine: New Subspecialty, New Opportunities

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-102

  Quest, Tammie E ^a   Marco, Catherine A ^b   Derse, Arthur R ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DETERIORATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SPIRITUAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CERTIFICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FATAL OUTCOME; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SPECIALISM; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 67349277440     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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