Hospice care and the emergency department: Rules, regulations, and referrals

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-290

  Lamba, Sangeeta ^a   Quest, Tammie E ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 79953884584     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.569     Document Type: Note

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