Dying in an acute care hospital. An analysis of the last-days situation;Morir en un hospital de agudos. Análisis de la situación de últimos días

Medicina Paliativa

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 222-225

  Romaní Costa, Verónica ^a   Exposito Lopez A ^a   Rodriguez Carballeira M ^b   Almagro Mena, P ^b  

^a Hospital Universitario Mutua Terrassa   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute care hospital; Agony; Death; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PERFUSION; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STROKE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WEAKNESS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 78649370081     PISSN: 1134248X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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