Quality of end-of-life care for dementia patients during acute hospital admission: A retrospective study in Ireland

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-146

  Afzal, Neelam ^a   Buhagiar, Kurt ^b   Flood, Joanne ^a   Cosgrave, Mary ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Dying; End of life; Palliative care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; WARD;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77950692246     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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