Hospice referrals and code status: Outcomes of inpatient palliative care consultations among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with cancer

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 557-564

  Bell, Christina L ^a   Kuriya, Meiko ^b   Fischberg, Daniel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; decision making; hospice; hospital care; minority populations; outcomes; Pacific Islanders; Palliative care; resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80053496714     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.01.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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