Why don't patients enroll in hospice? Can we do anything about it?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1009-1019

  Vig, Elizabeth K ^a,b   Starks, Helene ^a,c   Taylor, Janelle S ^c   Hopley, Elizabeth K ^a   Fryer Edwards, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; hospice; terminal care; terminally ill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 77957189303     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1423-9     Document Type: Article

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