A common definition of geriatric palliative medicine

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 790-791

  Pautex, Sophie ^a   Curiale, Vito ^b   Pfisterer, Mathias ^c   Rexach, Lourdes ^d   Ribbe, Miel ^e   Van Den Noortgate, Nele ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Evangelisches Krankenhaus Elisabethenstift   (Germany)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EUROPE; FAMILY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 77950439423     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02791.x     Document Type: Letter

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