Why Do Cancer Patients Die in the Emergency Department?: An Analysis of 283 Deaths in NC EDs

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 178-182

  Leak, Ashley ^a,b   Mayer, Deborah K ^b   Wyss, Annah ^a   Travers, Debbie ^a,b,c   Waller, Anna ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; death; dying; emergency department; end of life; symptom management

Indexed keywords

AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NORTH CAROLINA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 84874183100     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112445306     Document Type: Article

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