"I'm sitting here by myself...": Experiences of patients with serious illness at an urban public hospital

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 695-701

  Dzul Church, Virginia ^a   Cimino, Jenica W ^a   Adler, Shelley R ^a   Wong, Piera ^b   Anderson, Wendy G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUDDEN DEATH; URBAN AREA; ADULT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENTS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TERMINAL CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954442526     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0352     Document Type: Article

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