End-of-life care: Towards a more dignified dying process in residential care homes for the elderly

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-236

  Luk, James K H ^a   Liu, Athena ^b   Ng, W C ^a   Lui, Billy ^c   Beh, Philip ^d   Chan, Felix H W ^a  

^a TWGHs Fung Yiu King Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN DIGNITY; NOTE; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SKILL; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RIGHT TO DIE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PATIENTS; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77955830287     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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