Perceived success in addressing end-of-life care needs of low-income elders and their families: What has family conflict got to do with it?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-48

  Kramer, Betty J ^a   Yonker, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

care quality; End of life; family; family conflict; low income elders; managed care; palliative care; perceived success; process of care; structures of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; SOCIAL WORK; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POVERTY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POVERTY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 78651266802     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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