Life after stroke - is palliative care relevant?: A better understanding of illness trajectories after stroke may help clinicians identify patients for a palliative approach to care

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 447-448

  Mead, Gillian E ^a   Cowey, Eileen ^b   Murray, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Care; Clinician; Illness; Palliative; Stroke; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE UNIT; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

CARE; CLINICIAN; ILLNESS; PALLIATIVE; STROKE; TRAJECTORIES;

HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; STROKE;

EID: 84881535093     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12061     Document Type: Article

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