Families' perceptions of inpatient and home hospice care at end-of-life

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1856-1857

  De Sousa, Maysa ^a   Smith, Dawn ^a   Corcoran, Amy ^b   Bailey, F Amos ^c   Furman, Christian ^d   Ritchie, Christine ^c   Rosenfeld, Kenneth ^a   Shreve, Scott ^e   Casarett, David ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPOUSE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT AT END OF LIFE SCORE;

FAMILY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149383700     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.392     Document Type: Letter

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