Economic impact of terminal illness and the willingness to change it

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 941-944

  Emanuel, Natalia ^b   Simon, Melissa Andrea ^a   Burt, Michael ^a   Joseph, Aneeja ^c   Sreekumar, Nirmala ^c   Kundu, Tapas ^d   Khemka, Vivek ^e   Biswas, Basudeb ^f   Rajagopal, M R ^c   Emanuel, Linda ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e Southwest Hematology Oncology   (United States)

^f UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77955860714     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0055     Document Type: Article

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