Whole-patient assessment, goal planning, and inflection points: Their role in achieving quality end-of-life care

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 595-620

  Della Santina, Christopher ^a   Bernstein, Richard H ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; FAMILY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GOALS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 8444230805     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2004.07.010     Document Type: Review

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