End-of-life care in the general wards of a singaporean hospital: An Asian perspective

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1296-1301

  Phua, Jason ^a   Kee, Adrian Chin Leong ^a   Tan, Adeline ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Amartya ^a   See, Kay Choong ^a   Aung, Ngu Wah ^b   Seah, Angeline S T ^a   Lim, Tow Keang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SINGAPORE; STROKE; TERMINAL CARE; TUBE FEEDING; WARD;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 83455182127     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0215     Document Type: Article

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