Palliative care in emergency medicine: Past, present, and future

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1076-1081

  Quest, Tammie E ^a   Chan, Garrett K ^b   Derse, Arthur ^c   Stone, Susan ^d   Todd, Knox H ^e   Zalenski, Robert ^f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d Palliative Care and House Calls Program   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVARY CANCER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84866296652     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.9553     Document Type: Review

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