Palliative care: Based on neither diagnosis nor prognosis, but patient and family need. Commentary on Chattoo and Atkin

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-157

  Selman, Lucy Ellen ^a   Beattie, James M ^b   Murtagh, Fliss E ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End of life care; Heart failure; Palliative care; Policy and practice; Supportive care; UK

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART FAILURE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN NEEDS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649359519     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.04.024     Document Type: Note

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