Place of death: Hospital-based advanced home care versus conventional care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 585-593

  Ahlner Elmqvist, Marianne ^a,b   Jordhøy, Marit S ^b,c   Jannert, Magnus ^a   Fayers, Peter ^d   Kaasa, Stein ^b,e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Unit of Oncology/Palliative Care   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Home care services; Palliative cancer care; Place of death

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7944237767     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216304pm924oa     Document Type: Article

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