Research priorities for palliative and end-of-life care in the emergency setting

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Quest, Tammie E ^a,b   Asplin, Brent R ^c,h   Cairns, Charles B ^d   Hwang, Ula ^e,f   Pines, Jesse M ^g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Fairview Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCREENING; STAFF TRAINING; TERMINAL CARE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; ROLE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79959321059     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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