The impact of advance care planning of place of death, a hospice retrospective cohort study

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-173

  Abel, Julian ^a   Pring, Andy ^b   Rich, Alison ^a   Malik, Tariq ^b   Verne, Julia ^b  

^a Weston Area Health Trust and Weston Hospicecare Weston super Mare   (United Kingdom)

^b South West Public Health Observatory ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84886612623     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000327     Document Type: Article

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