"I want to be taking my own last breath": Patients' reflections on illness when presenting to the emergency department at the end of life

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-296

  Grudzen, Corita R ^a   Stone, Susan C ^b   Mohanty, Sarita A ^c   Asch, Steven M ^d   Lorenz, Karl A ^d   Torres, Jacqueline M ^e   Morrison, Matthew ^a   Ortiz, Joanna M ^a   Timmermans, Stefan ^f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Cedars Sinai Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW YORK; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 79952307334     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0306     Document Type: Article

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