Assessing Challenges in End-of-Life Conversations With Elderly Patients With Multiple Morbidities

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 260-267

  Schonfeld, Toby L ^a,b   Stevens, Elizabeth A ^e   Lampman, Michelle A ^c   Lyons, William L ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

care planning; debility; elderly; end of life conversations; multiple morbidities; prognosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865528007     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909111418778     Document Type: Article

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