Congruence between preferred and actual place of care and death among Danish cancer patients

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-164

  Brogaard, Trine ^a   Neergaard, Mette A ^b   Sokolowski, Ineta ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a   Jensen, Anders B ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cancer; death; home care services; Palliative care; patient care planning; terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84873615335     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216312438468     Document Type: Article

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