It's not just about heart failure - voices of older people in transition to dependence and death

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-207

  Waterworth, Susan ^a   Jorgensen, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Older people; Palliative care; Patient's perspectives; Transition

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77349120293     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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