An 86-year-old woman with cardiac cachexia contemplating the end of her life: Review of hospice care

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 349-356

  Kutner, Jean S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIAC CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LIFE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; HEART FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CACHEXIA; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 75749130767     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.2015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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