Measuring end-of-life care processes in nursing homes

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 803-815

  Temkin Greener, Helena ^a   Zheng, Nan ^a   Norton, Sally A ^a   Quill, Timothy ^b   Ladwig, Susan ^b   Veazie, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Center for Ethics Humanities and Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Communication; Delivery; End of life; Practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; EXCELLENCE IN END OF LIFE CARE SCALE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; RATING SCALE; REGISTERED NURSE; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 72649106072     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp092     Document Type: Article

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