End-of-Life Decision Making for Cancer Patients in Different Clinical Settings and the Impact of the LCP

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-43

  van der Heide, Agnes ^a   Veerbeek, Laetitia ^a   Swart, Siebe ^a   van der Rijt, Carin ^a   van der Maas, Paul J ^a   van Zuylen, Lia ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

decision making; End of life care; end of life decisions; Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LIVERPOOL CARE PATHWAY FOR THE DYING PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 73049089856     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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