Integrating palliative care into primary care

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 579-585

  McCormick, Elizabeth ^a   Chai, Emily ^a   Meier, Diane E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

palliative care; primary care.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTEGRATION; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SURVIVAL; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 84866421759     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.21338     Document Type: Article

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