Advanced dementia: State of the art and priorities for the next decade

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-51

  Mitchell, Susan L ^a   Black, Betty S ^b   Ersek, Mary ^c   Hanson, Laura C ^d   Miller, Susan C ^e   Sachs, Greg A ^f   Teno, Joan M ^e   Sean Morrison, R ^g  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84855268749     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-1-201201030-00008     Document Type: Article

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