Dying with dementia: What we know after more than a decade of research

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-55

  Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; hospice care; intervention studies; palliative care; prospective studies; retrospective studies; terminal care

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; DEATH; DEMENTIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650631271     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-100744     Document Type: Review

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