Home-based palliative care services for underserved populations

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-419

  Fernandes, Ritabelle ^a   Braun, Kathryn L ^b   Ozawa, Joseph ^c   Compton, Merlita ^c   Guzman, Crisanta ^d   Somogyi Zalud, Emese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Department of the Elderly ^*  (United States)

^d Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CAREGIVER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSOULA VITAS QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77951770049     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0216     Document Type: Article

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