Older people dying with dementia: A nationwide study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1581-1591

  Meeussen, Koen ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Echteld, Michael ^b   Boffin, Nicole ^c   Bilsen, Johan ^a   Van Casteren, Viviane ^c   Deliens, Luc ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

advance care planning; dementia; end of life care; general practitioner; palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COGNITION; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DECREASED APPETITE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DROWSINESS; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORTALITY; NERVOUSNESS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROXY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84865511745     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212000865     Document Type: Article

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