Reversal of the British trends in place of death: Time series analysis 2004-2010

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 102-107

  Gomes, Barbara ^a   Calanzani, Natalia ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; demography; hospices; mortality; neoplasms; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857262553     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311432329     Document Type: Article

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