Time to get it right: Are preferences for place of death more stable than we think?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 352-353

  Higginson, Irene J ^a   Hall, Sue ^a   Koffman, Jonathan ^a   Riley, Julia ^b   Gomes, Barbara ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANCER PATIENT; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LETTER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PLACE PREFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE;

EID: 77950619504     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309360489     Document Type: Letter

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