How common are palliative care needs among older people who die in the emergency department?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 491-495

  Beynon, Teresa ^a,b   Gomes, Barbara ^b   Murtagh, Fliss E M ^b   Glucksman, Ed ^c   Parfitt, Andy ^b   Burman, Rachel ^c   Edmonds, Polly ^c   Carey, Irene ^a   Keep, Jeff ^c   Higginson, Irene J ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79956341677     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.090019     Document Type: Article

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