Quality of care and quality of dying in nursing homes: Two measurement models

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 690-695

  Thompson, Sarah A ^a   Bott, Marjorie ^b   Gajewski, Byron ^c   Tilden, Virginia P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84861879449     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0497     Document Type: Article

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