End-of-life care and achieving preferences for place of death in England: Results of a population-based survey using the VOICES-SF questionnaire

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 412-421

  Hunt, Katherine J ^a   Shlomo, Natalie ^b   Addington Hall, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; health survey; palliative care; questionnaire; terminal care

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DYING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOME; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLACE PREFERENCE; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RELATIVE; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; VIEWS OF INFORMAL CARERS EVALUATION OF SERVICES SHORT FORM; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899062214     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313512012     Document Type: Article

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